CATALOGUE 

OF  AN   EXHIBITION   OF 
THE  WORKS  OF 

CHARLES  DICKENS 

JANUARY  23d  TO  MARCH  8th 


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CATALOGUE 

OF  AN   EXHIBITION  OF 

THE  WORKS   OF 

CHARLES  DICKENS 

JANUARY  23d  TO  MARCH  8th 


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NEW  YORK 
THE  GROLIER  CLUB 


NOTE 

The  exhibition  presents  in  chronological  or- 
der the  works  of  Charles  Dickens  as  they 
appeared  in  numbers  or  in  volume  form. 
Grouped  around  each  will  be  found  what- 
ever has  been  available  in  the  way  of  manu- 
script material  and  original  sketches,  together 
with  a  representative  number  of  the  plays, 
imitations,  and  musical  productions  founded 
upon  Dickens's  works.  The  Reading  Edi- 
tions and  Speeches  have  been  placed  sepa- 
rately. 

Items  of  interest  which  may  not  be  classed 
with  the  Works  of  Dickens  will  be  found 
among  Miscellaneous  Dickensiana,  together 
with  works  attributed  to  him,  and  a  few  of 
the  earliest  books  about  the  novelist. 

We  are  fortunate  in  being  able  to  show 
so  large  a  number  of  original  portraits  and 
personal  relics,  as  well  as  several  important 
manuscripts. 

The  catalogue  is  descriptive  of  the  exhi- 
bition and  offers  no  attempt  at  a  bibliography. 
The  date  assigned  to  each  group  refers  to 


NOTE 

the  completion  of  the  work  described.  The 
sizes  given  conform  to  the  rules  of  the 
American  Library  Association. 

Thanks  are  due,  not  only  to  the  members 
of  the  Club,  who  have  placed  their  collec- 
tions at  the  disposal  of  the  Committee  with 
their  customary  generosity,  but  also  to  Mrs. 
George  D.  Widener  for  her  kindness  in 
allowing  the  Committee  to  draw  from  the 
collection  left  by  her  son,  our  late  member, 
Harry  Elkins  Widener ;  to  George  Barr 
McCutcheon;  to  F.  R.  Kaldenberg;  and 
to  the  authorities  of  the  South  Kensing- 
ton Museum,  London,  who  extended  every 
courtesy. 


CONTENTS 

PAGES 

The  Works  of  Dickens   .  3-190 

Speeches      191-196 

Miscellaneous  Dickens- 

lANA 197-206 

Manuscripts  and  Letters  207-214 

Portraits  OF  Dickens  215-217 

Personal  Relics    .      .      .  218-220 


CATALOGUE 


SKETCHES  BY  BOZ, 

1836-1837 

The  first  series  of  Sketches  appeared 
in  February,  1836,  and  was  Charles 
Dickens's  first  publication  in  book 
form.  His  earliest  published  writing 
was  A  Dinner  at  Poplar  Walk, 
which  came  out  in  The  Monthly 
Magazine,  December,  1833,  when  he 
was  twenty-one  years  old,  and  acting 
as  a  reporter  in  the  House  of  Com- 
mons. It  was  afterward  entitled  Mr. 
Minns  and  his  Cousin,  and  is  used  in 
the  second  series  of  Sketches.  Sev- 
eral of  the  thirty-five  articles  of  which 
the  first  series  consists  appeared  in 
The  Monthly  Magazine,  the  one  of 
August,  1834,  being  the  first  to  bear 
the  signature,  *^Boz."  Other  Sketches 
appeared  during  1835  and  1836  in 
The  Evening  Chronicle,  BelPs  Life  in 
London,  and  the  Library  of  Fiction. 

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The  second  series  was  collected  in 
1837,  three  of  the  twenty  articles 
being  hitherto  unpublished.  The 
preface  is  dated,  FurnivaPs  Inn,  De- 
cember 17,  1836,  and  the  date  upon 
the  engraved  title  is  1836. 

Both  series  contain  plates  by 
George  Cruikshank,  to  whom  Dick- 
ens made  graceful  reference  in  the 
preface.  Cruikshank  was  Dickens's 
senior  by  twenty  years,  and  already 
had  an  established  reputation  as  an 
illustrator,  so  that  his  cooperation 
was  a  distinct  advantage.  His  illus- 
trations for  the  Sketches  are  consid- 
ered among  his  best  etchings. 

A  second  edition  of  the  first  series 
was  issued  in  August,  1836,  and  third 
and  fourth  editions  the  following  year. 
A  second  edition  of  the  second  series 
(1837)  has  two  additional  plates— 
The  Last  Cab  Driver,  and  May-day 
in  the  Evening.  The  first  complete 
edition  of  the  two  series  was  brought 
out  by  Chapman  and  Hall  in  monthly 
parts  from  November,  1837,  to  June, 

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1839,  and  in  volume  form  in  the  lat- 
ter year. 

Sketches  by  "Boz/^  |  Illustrative  Of  | 
Every-day  Life,  |  And  |  Every-day 
People.  I  In  Two  Volumes.  |  Vol.  I  | 
[Vol.  II]  I  Illustrations  By  George 
Cruikshank.  |  London:  |  John  Ma- 
crone,  St.  James's  Square.  |  MDCCC- 
XXXVI. 

Duodecimo.    Two  volumes,  in  original  green 
cloth  binding,  with  yellow  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Vol.  I:  Title  (with  imprint  on 
verso);  preface  (dated  February,  1836),  and 
table  of  contents,  pp.  [i]-viii;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
348.  8  plates  by  George  Cruikshank. 
Vol.  II:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  and 
table  of  contents,  pp.  [i-iii]  ;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
342.    8  plates  by  Cruikshank. 


The  I  Library  Of  Fiction,  |  Or  |  Fam- 
ily Story-teller;  |  Consisting  Of  | 
Original  Tales,  |  Essays,  And 
Sketches  Of  Character.  |  With  Four- 
teen Illustrations.  |  Vol.  I.  |  London: 

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—  Chapman  And  Hall,  i86,  Strand.  | 
1836. 

Octavo.  In  7  monthly  numbers  as  issued, 
with  original  gray,  printed,  paper  wrappers. 
This  contains  A  Little  Talk  about  Spring  and 
the  Sweeps  (pp.  113-119,  with  a  plate  by 
R.  W.  Buss),  which  appeared  later  in  the 
second  series  of  the  Sketches,  as  The  First  of 
May,  and  The  Tuggs's  at  Ramsgate  (pp.  [i]- 
10,  with  two  plates  by  Robert  Seymour), 
which  was  published  in  Philadelphia  in  1837, 
and  was  added  to  the  collected  edition  of  the 
Sketches,  1839. 

The  I  Tuggs's  At  Ramsgate,  |  And 
I  Other  Sketches  |  Illustrative  Of 
Every-day  Life  And  |  Every-day  Peo- 
ple. I  By  Boz.  I  Author  Of  |  ^Wat- 
kins  Tottle,"  &c.  &c.  |  To  Which  Is 
Added  |  The  Pantomime  Of  Life,  | 
By  The  Same  Author.  |  Philadelphia : 
I  Carey,  Lea  &  Blanchard.  |  1837. 

Duodecimo.     Original   brown  paper  boards, 

with  white  end-papers. 

First  edition  of  The  Pantomime  of  Life. 

Collation:  "Advertisement",  title,  preface, 

and  table  of  contents,  pp.   [i]-viii;  text,  pp. 

[9]-204. 

From  the  Advertisement,  it  appears  that  The 

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Tuggs's  at  Ramsgate  had  already  been  issued 
by  the  same  publishers,  but  the  present  vol- 
ume precedes  its  English  appearance  in  book 
form  (see  Nos.  2  and  8).  The  publishers  had 
already  brought  out  a  collection  of  the 
Sketches  under  the  title,  Watkins  Tottle  and 
Other  Sketches,  in  two  volumes,  in  1837. 
The  Pantomime  of  Life  first  appeared  in 
Bentley's  Miscellany,  in  March,  1837.  This 
is  the  first  publication  in  book  form  which 
contains  it. 


Sketches  By  Boz:  |  Illustrative  Of 
Every-day  Life,  |  And  E very-day 
People.  I  The  Second  Series.  |  Com- 
plete In  One  Volume.  |  London:  | 
John  Macrone,  St.  James's  Square.  | 
MDCCCXXXVII. 

Duodecimo.   Original  pink  cloth  binding,  with 
black  labels  and  yellow  end-papers. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  without  list  of 
illustrations  on  p.  viii. 

Collation:  Half-title,  [i  unnumbered  leaf] ; 
title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  preface  (dated 
December  17,  1836),  and  table  of  contents, 
pp.  [i]-viii  (pp.  iv  and  v  numbered  ii  and  iii)  ; 
text  (including  half-titles),  pp.  [i]-377; 
"Mr.  Macrone's  Select  List"  (dated  Decem- 
ber, 1836),  [10  unnumbered  leaves]:  pp.  25, 
32   and  62   are  numbered  52,  23   and  46  re- 


THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

spectively;  the  page  number  of  p.  60  is  omit- 
ted. 10  plates  (including  frontispiece  and 
etched  title,  dated  1836)  by  George  Cruik- 
shank. 

5  Another  Copy,  with  fancy  blue  end- 
papers. 

6  Sketches  By  Boz  |  .  .  .  |  The  Second 
Series.  |  [etc.,  as  in  No.  4]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  table  of 
contents  reprinted,  to  leave  space  for  the  list 
of  illustrations,  which  is  added  on  p.  viii,  the 
last  plate  being  incorrectly  entered.  "Vol. 
Ill,"  before  the  page  reference,  has  been  im- 
perfectly erased  from  the  plates. 
From  the  collection  of  Augustin  Daly,  with 
the  author's  presentation  inscription  to  Rich- 
ard Bentley. 

7  Another  Copy,  with  the  two  addi- 
tional plates  of  the  second  edition 
(The  last  Cabdriver,  and  May-Day 
in  the  Evening)  inserted. 

8  Sketches  By  Boz  |  Illustrative  Of  | 
Every-day  Life  And  Every-day  Peo- 
ple. I  With  Forty  Illustrations  |  By  | 
George  Cruikshank.  |  New  Edition, 

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THE    WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

Complete.  |  London :  |  Chapman  And 
Hall,  1 86,  Strand.  |  1839. 

Octavo.  In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued, 
with  original  pink,  printed,  pictorial,  paper 
wrappers,  designed  by  Cruikshank,  and  adver- 
tisements. 

First  issue  of  the  first  complete  edition  of  the 
two  series,  with  publisher's  imprint  upon 
plate,  The  Greenwich  Fair,  and  following 
plates. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso).  Advertisement,  and  table  of  contents, 
pp.  [i]-viii;  text  (including  half-titles),  pp. 
[i]-526.  40  plates  by  George  Cruikshank. 
The  numbers  were  issued  from  November, 
1837,  to  June,  1839,  the  preliminary  leaves 
appearing  with  No.  20.  Twenty-seven  plates 
were  re-etched  to  suit  the  larger  paper,  the 
plate  entitled  The  Free  and  Easy  was  omit- 
ted, and  thirteen  new  etchings  were  added. 
There  is  an  additional  article,  The  Tuggs's  at 
Ramsgate,  which  had  appeared  in  The  Li- 
brary of  Fiction,  No.  i,  1836.  No.  2  contains 
an  Address,  dated  November  30,  1837,  and 
No.  5  contains  a  Proclamation  announcing 
Nicholas  Nickleby. 

The  Same,  In  book  form,  with  proofs, 
before  letters,  of  the  plates  of  the 
first  editions  of  the  two  series  in- 
serted. 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

10  Proofs  on  India  paper  of  the  plates 
of  Sketches  by  Boz,  1839. 

1 1  Sketches  By  Boz,  |  [eight  lines]  | 
New  Edition,  Complete.  |  Philadel- 
phia :  I  Lea  &  Blanchard,  |  Successors 
To  Carey  &  Co.  |  1839. 

Quarto.  In  10  monthly  numbers  as  issued, 
with  original  blue,  printed,  pictorial,  paper 
wrappers,  and  advertisements.  20  plates  by 
Yeager,  redrawn  from  the  Cruikshank  plates. 
First  complete  American  edition  of  the  two 
series. 

This  contains  The  Public  Life  of  Mr.  Tul- 
rumble  and  The  Pantomime  of  Life,  not  in 
the  English  collected  edition.  All  the  wrap- 
pers are  dated  1838. 

12  Sketches  By  Boz  .  .  .  London:  Chap- 
man And  Hall  .  .  .  1859. 

Octavo.    40  plates  by  George  Cruikshank. 
The   original   sheets,    interleaved   and    anno- 
tated, with  omitted  portions  supplied  in  auto- 
graph by   Richard    Heme   Shepherd,    and   a 
monograph  upon  the  work  by  him. 

13  The  Sketch  Book  by  *'Bos'\  contain- 
ing a  great  number  of  highly  interest- 
ing and  original  Tales,  Sketches,  &c. 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

&c.  Embellished  with  seventeen  ele- 
gant engravings.  London:  Printed 
and    published    by    E.    Lloyd    .    .    . 

[1837]- 

Octavo.    Issued  in  1 1  numbers.    Woodcuts. 
One  of  the  many  plagiaristic  works,  which 
gave  Dickens  much  annoyance. 


SUNDAY  UNDER  THREE 
HEADS,  1836 

This  plea  for  broader  Sunday  laws 
was  originally  announced  in  No.  3  of 
the  Library  of  Fiction,  1 836.  It  prob- 
ably marks  Dickens's  first  connection 
with  Hablot  K.  Browne  (Phiz),  then 
a  young  and  little  known  artist,  as  it 
was  in  progress  prior  to  the  publica- 
tion of  his  first  plates  for  Pickwick 
Papers.  It  appeared  without  Dick- 
ens's name,  and  he  never  cared  to 
reprint  it,  although  two  reprints  of 
this  scarce  pamphlet  have  been  made. 
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THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

One,  by  Jarvis  &  Son,  1884,  has  an 
introduction  and  extra  gray  paper 
wrapper,  the  plates  being  badly  exe- 
cuted; the  second,  by  Edwin  Pearson 
of  Manchester,  has  better  plates;  on 
p.  7,  line  15,  the  word  ''Hair"  is  mis- 
printed ''Air". 

14  Sunday  |  Under  Three  Heads.  | 
[Woodcut]  I  As  It  Is;  I  [Woodcut] 
I  As  Sabbath  Bills  Would  Make  It;  | 
[Woodcut]  I  As  It  Might  Be  Made. 
I  By  Timothy  Sparks.  |  London:  | 
Chapman  And  Hall,   186,  Strand.   | 

1836. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    yellow,    printed,    pic- 
torial, paper  wrapper. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title,  [i  unnumbered  leaf]; 
half-title  and  dedication  to  the  Bishop  of  Lon- 
don (dated  June,  1836),  pp.  [i]-v;  text,  pp. 
[i]-49.  3  full  page  wood-engravings*  (includ- 
ing frontispiece)  by  H.  K.  Browne,  who  also 
designed  the  three  heads  on  the  title-page, 
which  are  repeated  on  the  wrapper. 
Some  copies  have  the  date  erased,  probably 
by  a  bookseller  who  wished  them  to  appear 
to  be  a  new  publication. 

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15  Sunday  |  Under  Three  Heads.  |  [etc., 
as  in  No.  14.] 

A  facsimile  reprint,  made  by  Jarvis  and  Son, 

1884,  with  extra  gray,  printed  wrapper,  and 

introduction. 

Although    it    is    commonly    stated    that    the 

words    "Sunday    Under   Three    Heads"    are 

omitted  at  the  beginning  of  Chapter  III  on 

p.  35  of  this  reprint,  this  copy  contains  them. 


THE  VILLAGE  COQUETTES, 

1836 

Dickens  wrote  the  drama  and  songs 
for  this  comic  opera,  which  was  com- 
posed by  his  friend,  John  HuUah.  It 
was  first  produced  at  St.  James's 
Theater  on  December  6,  1836,  was 
played  nineteen  times  in  London,  and 
also  acted  in  Edinburgh.  Dickens 
disliked  it  intensely,  and  said  that  he 
would  not  have  it  reprinted  for  one 
thousand  pounds.  However,  a  fac- 
simile reprint  was  issued  in  1878  by 

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Bentley,  who  In  a  note  on  the  verso 
of  the  title-page  stated  it  to  be  a  re- 
print. The  operetta  is  interesting  in 
that  it  marked  the  beginning  of  Dick- 
ens's acquaintance  with  his  friend  and 
biographer,  John  Forster.  John  Pritt 
Harley,  to  whom  the  opera  is  dedi- 
cated, was  an  actor  and  singer,  who 
took  part  in  it,  and  whose  reputation 
it  is  said  to  have  established.  John 
Braham,  the  tenor,  was  also  in  the 
cast. 

1 6  The  I  Village  Coquettes:  |  A  Comic 
Opera.  |  In  Two  Acts.  |  By  Charles 
Dickens.  |  The  Music  By  John 
Hullah.  I  London :  |  Richard  Bentley, 
I  New  Burlington  Street.  |  1836. 
Octavo.  Issued  in  gray  paper  boards. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
dedication  to  J.  P.  Harley,  preface,  and  Dra- 
matis Personae  (with  copyright  notice  on 
verso),  pp.  [1-8];  text,  pp.  [q]-?!  (with  im- 
print on  verso). 

1 6a  Another  Copy,  in  original  signatures, 
unopened  and  unbound. 

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17  Songs,  I  Choruses,  And  Concerted 
Pieces,  |  In  |  The  Operatic  Burletta  | 
Of  I  The  Village  Coquettes.  1  As  Pro- 
duced At  I  The  Saint  James's  The- 
atre. I  The  Drama  And  Words  Of 
The  Songs  |  By  ^^Boz.''  |  The  Music 
By  John  Hullah.  |  The  Music  is  Pub- 
lished By  Messrs.  Cramer  And  Co., 
I  201,  Regent  Street.  |  Printed  By 
Bradbury  And  Evans,  Whitefriars.  | 
1837.  I  [Price  Tenpence.] 

Duodecimo.      Stitched.      Copy    presented    to 
Harley,  who  took  the  part  of  Mr.  Martin 
Stokes,  with  inscription:  **J.  P.  Harley  Esqe. 
With  the  Author's  &  Composer's  Compts." 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  Dramatis  Personae 
on  verso),  and  text,  pp.  [i]-i6. 

1 8  Music  for  The  Village  Coquettes. 

Folio.  The  following  nine  songs  are  bound 
together :  Love  is  not  a  Feeling  to  pass  away. 
Autumn  Leaves,  Some  Folks  who  have  grown 
old,  The  Child  and  the  Old  Man,  There  is  a 
Charm  in  Spring,  My  fair  Home,  How  beau- 
tiful at  Eventide,  No  light  Bound  of  Stag, 
and  A  Country  Life.  All  except  the  last 
mention  The  Village  Coquettes  in  their  titles, 
which    end    with    ''The   Words    By    Charles 

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Dickens,  the  Music  By  John  HuUah",  and 
are  published  by  Cramer,  Addison  and  Beale. 
A  Country  Life  is  the  song  There  is  a  Charm 
in  Spring  under  another  title,  and  is  published 
by  Joseph  Williams. 

19  The  I  Village  Coquettes:  |  [etc.,  as  in 

No.  16]. 

Bentley's  facsimile  reprint,  1878,  with  state- 
ment to  that  effect  on  verso  of  title.  Extra- 
illustrated  by  F.  W.  Pailthorpe's  original 
drawing  for  a  frontispiece  (issued  indepen- 
dently) and  portraits  of  Dickens  and  the  ac- 
tors, and  accompanied  by  colored  and  uncol- 
ored  impressions  of  the  etched  frontispiece. 

THE  STRANGE  GENTLEMAN, 

1837 

From  early  childhood,  Dickens  was 
deeply  interested  in  the  theater,  and 
at  one  time  applied  for  regular  em- 
ployment as  an  actor  at  Covent  Gar- 
den. Between  issuing  the  first  and 
second  series  of  Sketches  by  Boz,  be- 
coming interested  in  John  Braham's 
management  of  the  newly  built  St. 
James's  Theater,  he  wrote  for  Bra- 
ham  ("as  a  practical  joke'\  he  ex- 
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plained)  the  little  farce,  The  Strange 
Gentleman,  adapted  from  The  Great 
Winglebury  Duel,  one  of  the  Sketches. 
It  ran  for  sixty  nights,  beginning  on 
September  29,  1836,  Dickens  being  a 
constant  attendant  at  the  theater,  at 
one  time,  it  is  said,  taking  a  part  in  it 
himself.  Printed  copies  (possibly  ad- 
vance proofs)  of  the  play  are  said  to 
have  been  for  sale  at  the  St.  James's 
Theater  when  it  was  first  performed 
there  in  1836,  but  none  are  known  to 
exist.  A  facsimile  reprint  was  issued 
in  1 87 1  by  Chapman  and  Hall  with- 
out the  frontispiece  by  Browne,  and 
one  was  added  by  Pailthorpe. 

20  The  I  Strange  Gentleman;  |  A  Comic 
Burletta,  |  In  Two  Acts.  |  By  ^'Boz'\ 
I  First  Performed  |  At  |  The  St. 
James's  Theatre,  |  On  |  Thursday, 
September  29,  1836.  |  London:  | 
Chapman  And  Hall,  186,  Strand.  I 
MDCCCXXXVII. 

Octavo.  Original  mauve,  printed,  paper 
wrapper. 

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First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
and  directions  for  costumes,  [2  unnumbered 
leaves];  text,  pp.  [i]-46.  Frontispiece  by 
H.  K.  Browne. 

The  frontispiece  and  preliminary  leaf  with 
directions  for  costumes  are  often  lacking,  and 
it  is  thought  possible  that  some  copies  were 
issued  without  the  former. 

21   Another  Copy,  with  the  following  in- 
sertions : 

The  original  drawing  for  the  frontispiece,  by 
H.  K.  Browne.— The  original  play-bill  of  St. 
James's  Theater  for  October  28  and  29,  1836, 
with  the  cast  of  The  Strange  Gentleman.— 
Original  water-color  drawing  by  John  Leech 
of  J.  P.  Harley,  the  actor,  as  "The  strange 
gentleman".— Autograph  letter  from  Dickens 
to  Harley,  suggesting  a  benefit  "for  the  relief 
of  poor  Elton's  seven  children".  (E.  W. 
Elton  was  an  actor  who  lost  his  life  in  a 
disaster  at  sea,  and  it  was  mainly  through  the 
exertions  of  Dickens,  aided  by  members  of 
Elton's  own  profession,  that  provision  was 
made  for  his  large  family.) 

2  2  The  I  Strange  Gentleman;  [etc.,  as  in 
No.  20]. 

A  reprint  issued  in  1871,  without  the  frontis- 
piece.    One  was  afterwards  etched  for  it  by 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

F.  W.  Pailthorpe.  The  present  copy  contains 
Pailthorpe's  original  water-color  drawing  for 
the  frontispiece,  as  well  as  the  colored  etching. 
This  reprint  may  be  identified  by  the  follow- 
ing points  in  which  it  differs  from  the  orig- 
inal: on  holding  the  title-page  to  the  light,  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  first  syllable  of  "Lon- 
don", in  the  imprint  on  verso,  almost  over- 
laps the  word  "Boz"  on  recto ;  in  the  original, 
there  is  a  distance  of  nearly  one  eighth  of  an 
inch  between  them;  the  terminations  of  the 
following  lines  in  the  reprint  are:  p.  3,  1.  28, 
exclamation  point  under  "d"  in  "and" ;  last  line 
of  p.  3,  "r"  in  "dinner"  under  "v"  in  "very"; 
p.  4,  1.  5,  final  period  under  second  "o"  of 
"room";  p.  4,  "Mrs.  Noakes  (aside).",  period 
under  apostrophe  in  "ma'am";  last  line  of  p. 
27,  "(Rising.)"  reaches  end  of  line;  last  line 
of  p.  37,  "s"  of  "ladies"  under  "e"  of  "bed". 
There  are  other  differences  of  the  same  na- 
ture. 


IS  SHE  HIS  WIFE? 

c.   1837 

This  farce  was  first  performed  at  St. 

James's  Theater,  on  March  6,  1837, 

and  is   supposed  to   have   been  pri- 

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vately  printed  at  about  that  time. 
Mr.  James  R.  Osgood  of  Boston  had 
in  his  possession  a  copy,  which  is  de- 
scribed as  a  ''demy  8vo,  32  pp.  with- 
out wrapper/'  from  which  he  pro- 
duced a  reprint  in  1877.  This  pam- 
phlet, the  only  one  known  to  exist, 
was  unfortunately  destroyed  in  the 
fire  which  consumed  the  business 
premises  of  Messrs.  Osgood  in  1879. 
In  1902  what  is  presumably  an  earlier 
reprint  than  the  American  one  of 
1877  was  discovered  by  Mr.  W.  T. 
Spencer  (as  described  below).  From 
its  resemblance  to  Chapman  and 
HalPs  reprint  of  The  Strange  Gentle- 
man, 1 87 1,  it  was  thought  that  this 
might  be  a  similar  production,  and 
that  firm  have  stated  that  they  are 
''inclined  to  think  it  was  printed  for 
us  by  either  Bradbury  &  Evans  or 
Dickens  &  Evans  prior  to  1873.''  At 
least  three  copies  of  this  reprint  are 
now  known,  and  seem  to  comprise  the 
earliest  existing  edition  of  the  bur- 
letta. 

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23  Is  She  His  Wife?  |  Or  |  Something 
Singular.  |  A  Comic  Burletta  |  In  One 
Act.  I  By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  [About 

1873?]. 

Duodecimo.      Original    buff,    printed,    paper 

wrapper. 

Probably  the  second  edition. 

Collation:  Title   (with  ''First  performed", 

etc.,  and  Dramatis  Personae  on  verso),  and 

text,  pp.  [i]-22;  one  blank  leaf. 

24  Is  She  His  Wife?  |  Or,  |  Something 
Singular.  |  A  Comic  Burletta  |  In  One 
Act.  I  By  Charles  Dickens.  |  [Wood- 
cut] I  Boston:  I  James  R.  Osgood 
And  Company,  |  Late  Ticknor  & 
Fields,  and  Fields,  Osgood,  &  Co.  | 

1877. 

Thirtytwo-mo.  Original  brown  cloth  cover 
and  advertising  end-papers  bound  in.  Wood- 
cuts. With  the  original  sketch,  finished  water- 
color  drawing,  tracing  and  colored  etching 
designed  by  F.  W.  Pailthorpe  for  a  frontis- 
piece inserted,  w 
First  American  edition. 


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BENTLEY'S  MISCELLANY 

AND  THE  MUDFOG 

PAPERS,   1837 

Dickens  was  editor  of  Bentley's 
Miscellany  during  1837  ^^d  1838. 
To  the  first  number,  January,  1837, 
he  contributed  the  first  of  his  Mudfog 
Papers,  under  the  title.  Public  Life  of 
Mr.  Tulrumble,  once  Mayor  of  Mud- 
fog.  It  is  not  generally  known  that 
this  paper  was  reprinted  in  New  York 
very  shortly  after  its  appearance  in 
the  Miscellany,  the  pamphlet  contain- 
ing also  the  first  two  chapters  of 
Oliver  Twist,  as  they  appeared  in  the 
February  number  of  the  Miscellany. 
Both  the  Public  Life  of  Mr.  Tul- 
rumble and  the  two  chapters  of  Oliver 
Twist  appeared  later  in  the  year  as 
the  initial  articles  of  a  two-volume 
collection  of  Tales  and  Sketches  from 
Bentley's  Miscellany  and  The  Li- 
brary of  Fiction,  published  by  Carey, 
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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

Lea  and  Blanchard,  in  Philadelphia. 
The  Mudfog  Papers  with  other  selec- 
tions from  the  Miscellany  were  col- 
lected by  Bentley  in  1880. 

25  Bentley's  |  Miscellany.  |  Vol.  I.  | 
London:  |  Richard  Bentley,  |  New 
Burlington  Street.  |  1837. 

Octavo.     Plates. 

26  Extraordinary  Gazette.  |  Speech  Of 
His  Mightiness  |  On  Opening  The 
Second  Number  |  Of  |  Bentley's  Mis- 
cellany, I  Edited  By  ^^Boz'\ 

Octavo.     4   pp.,   with   woodcut   portrait   of 

Dickens    in    a   humorous   design   by    H.    K. 

Browne. 

This  leaflet,  written  in  the  style  of  a  royal 

proclamation,    was    issued    with    the    second 

number  of  the  Miscellany. 

27  Extraordinary  Gazette  [etc.,  as  in 
No.  26]. 

Sixteenmo.      8    pp.,    with    same   woodcut    as 
No.  26. 

The  speech  has  been   reprinted  to  suit  the 
smaller  page,  and  is  followed  by  advertise- 
rs 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

ments  of  the  Miscellany,  consisting  of  a  list 
of  contributors,  tables  of  contents  of  Nos.  I, 
II,  and  III,  and  opinions  of  the  press. 


28  Public  Life  I  Of  I  Mr.  Tulrumble,  | 
Once  I  Mayor  Of  Mudfog,  |  And  | 
Oliver  Twist;  |  Or,  |  The  Parish 
Boy's  Progress.  |  By  **Boz'\  |  Sold 
By  All  The  Principal  Booksellers.  | 
New  York.  |  1837. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    pink,    printed,    paper 
wrapper,    with    heading,    "Price     12^    cts. 
Boz's  Last". 
First  edition. 

Collation:  General  title,  and  text  of  Mr. 
Tulrumble,  pp.  [i]-3o;  one  blank  leaf,  pp. 
[31-32];  text  of  Oliver  Twist  (two  chap- 
ters), pp.  33-52. 

In  the  Advertisement  on  the  back  of  the 
wrapper  is  the  following:  "There  is  much 
genuine  humour,  and  much  real  fun  in  the 
productions  of  Boz.  If  they  keep  up  to  their 
present  level,  they  will  in  conclusion,  assume 
a  high  place  in  the  ranks  of  comic  literature". 
The  name  of  the  publisher,  C.  Lohman,  ap- 
pears on  the  wrapper. 

29  The  I  Mudfog  Papers,  |  Etc.  |  By  | 
Charles  Dickens,  |  Author  Of  *^The 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

Pickwick  Papers'',  etc.  |  Now  First 
Collected.  |  London:  |  Richard  Bent- 
ley  And  Son,  |  Publishers  in  Ordinary 
to  Her  Majesty  the  Queen.  |  1880.  | 
(All  rights  reserved.) 

Duodecimo.    Original  red  cloth  binding,  with 
dark  green  end-papers. 
First  collected  edition. 

Collation:  Title,  and  preface,  pp.  [i]-iv; 
text,  pp.  [i]-i98;  advertisements,  [3  unnum- 
bered leaves]. 

The  Public  Life  of  Mr.  Tulrumble  and  The 
Pantomime  of  Life  had  already  appeared  in 
book  form  in  America  (see  Nos.  28  and  3). 


PICKWICK  PAPERS,  1837 

The  fundamental  idea  of  Pickwick 
Papers  is  claimed  to  have  been  Rob- 
ert Seymour's.  That  versatile  illus- 
trator, whose  Humourous  Sketches, 
1833-36,  had  become  very  popular, 
suggested  to  Messrs.  Chapman  and 
Hall  a  comic  series  of  Cockney  Sport- 
ing Plates,  to  be  published  with  letter- 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

press  in  monthly  parts.  Although 
Dickens,  at  the  time,  was  not  as  well 
known  as  Seymour,  he  was  engaged 
to  furnish  the  letterpress,  and  very 
shortly  modified  the  scheme,  changed 
the  title  of  the  work,  and  became  the 
dominant  figure  in  the  undertaking. 
The  Times  for  March  26,  1836,  con- 
tained an  announcement  of  the  com- 
ing publication  of  Pickwick  Papers. 
The  first  shilling  number  appeared  on 
March  31,  two  days  before  Charles 
Dickens's  marriage  to  Catherine  Ho- 
garth, and  it  ended  with  the  joint 
Nos.  19-20  in  November,  1837. 
After  the  fourteenth  number,  the  pub- 
lication was  interrupted  for  two  months 
by  his  grief  at  the  death,  in  her  sev- 
enteenth year,  of  Mary  Hogarth, 
Mrs.  Dickens's  young  sister,  to  whom 
Dickens  was  deeply  attached.  The 
first  twelve  numbers  had  been  writ- 
ten at  Furnivars  Inn,  where  Dickens 
had  chambers  both  before  and  after 
his  marriage,  and  in  the  lodgings  at 
Chalk,  where  he  spent  his  honeymoon 
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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

and  a  part  of  the  winter  of  1 837.  By 
March  of  that  year  he  felt  that  the 
success  of  his  literary  undertakings 
justified  him  in  taking  the  house  at 
48,  Doughty  Street,  where  Pickwick 
Papers  was  completed. 

The  first  number  of  Pickwick  Pa- 
pers contained  four  plates  by  Robert 
Seymour,  who  committed  suicide  be- 
fore the  publication  of  the  second 
number,  which  contained  the  three  re- 
maining plates  which  he  had  en- 
graved. Thereafter  the  parts  had 
two  plates,  each,  but  thirty-two  pages, 
instead  of  the  twenty-four,  origi- 
nally agreed  upon.  No.  i  contained 
twenty-six  pages.  Robert  William 
Buss,  referred  to  in  an  address  issued 
with  the  third  number,  as  a  **gentle- 
man  already  well  known  as  a  very 
humourous  and  talented  artist,''  made 
two  plates.  The  Cricket  Match  and 
an  Arbour  Scene,  which  appeared  in 
No.  3,  but  they  were  not  satisfactory, 
and  he  was  replaced  by  Hablot 
K.  Browne  (^Thiz").  Thackeray, 
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THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

Leech  and  others  are  said  to  have 
applied,  unsuccessfully,  for  the  task 
of  continuing  the  work  of  illustration. 
Browne  was  then  a  little  known  illus- 
trator, barely  twenty-one  years  old, 
who  had  served  an  apprenticeship  in 
line-engraving  under  the  Findens,  and 
been  awarded  a  silver  medal  by  the 
Society  of  Arts.  Although  his  first 
employment  upon  Dickens's  works 
seems  to  have  been  for  the  illustra- 
tions of  Sunday  under  Three  Heads, 
it  is  probable  that  their  first  personal 
contact  was  in  connection  with  Pick- 
wick Papers.  A  lifelong  friendship 
was  established  between  the  two. 
Browne's  name  is  associated  with 
most  of  Dickens's  master-pieces,  and 
he  won  the  title  of  *  ^Artistic  expo- 
nent-in-chief of  Dickens's  creations." 
Browne  re-etched  the  plates  for  No. 
3,  and  made  the  remaining  illustra- 
tions, using  his  early  soubriquet, 
**Nemo",  for  the  last  time  on  the 
early  impressions  of  the  plates  which 
he  engraved  for  Nos.  3  and  4.  Only 
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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

seven  hundred  copies  of  No.  3  are 
said  to  have  been  published  with  the 
original  Buss  plates,  later  copies  con- 
taining the  re-etched  plates  by 
Browne,  signed  "Nemo'\  and  still 
other  impressions  bearing  the  signa- 
ture, 'Thiz'\  Only  fifteen  hundred 
(some  say  four  hundred)  copies  of 
the  first  numbers  were  originally 
printed,  and  the  sales  were  slow  until 
the  appearance  of  Sam  Weller,  after 
which  there  was  an  enormous  demand 
for  the  work,  and  the  early  numbers 
were  continually  reprinted.  Of  most, 
if  not  all,  of  the  plates  duplicates 
were  made,  usually  containing  slight 
variations,  and  seem  to  have  been 
used,  irrespective  of  priority,  to  expe- 
dite the  printing. 

Pickwick  was  issued  in  book  form 
by  Chapman  and  Hall  in  1837,  in 
green,  or  purple,  cloth.  The  Ser- 
geant Talfourd  to  whom  the  book 
was  dedicated  was  Thomas  Noon 
Talfourd,  best  known  as  the  author 
of  the  play.  Ion,  and  for  his  speech  in 
29 


THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

the  House  of  Commons  on  the  copy- 
right bill,  which  he  introduced,  and 
which  won  for  him  the  honor  of  the 
dedication. 

30  Original  Manuscript  of  a  Portion  of 
Pickwick  Papers:  Chapters  XXXV 
and  XXXVI. 

Quarto.    32  pp. 

With  the  exception  of  two  pages  (one  now  in 
the  British  Museum,  and  the  other  owned  by 
a  New  York  collector)  this  is  all  that  is 
known  to  exist  of  the  manuscript  of  Pickwick 
Papers.  Two  letters  and  some  lines  **To 
Mr.  Hicks,"  all  in  Dickens's  handwriting, 
accompany  it. 

31  Thirty-seven  Original  Sketches  for 
Pickwick  Papers,  by  R.  W.  Buss  and 
H.  K.  Browne. 

Bound  in  two  folio  volumes.  Sketches  by 
Buss  for  a  title  and  four  plates,  and  four  of 
Browne's  sketches  were  not  used.  There  are 
several  sketches  for  Buss's  plate.  The  Fat 
Boy. 

32  The  Wrapper  of  No.  i  of  The  Li- 
brary of  Fiction,  1836,  with  adver- 
tisement of  No.  I  of  Pickwick  Pa- 
pers. 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

33  The  I  Posthumous  Papers  |  Of  |  The 
Pickwick  Club.  |  By  Charles  Dickens. 
I  With  I  Forty-Three  Illustrations, 
By  R.  Seymour  And  Phiz.  |  London: 
I  Chapman  And  Hall,  i86,  Strand.  | 
MDCCCXXXVII. 

Octavo.     In  20  monthly  numbers  as  issued 
(the   last   a   double   number),   with   original 
green,  printed,  pictorial  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Seymour,  and  advertisements. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (w^ith  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  to  Sergeant  Talfourd, 
M.  P.,  preface,  table  of  contents,  and  direc- 
tions to  the  binder  (with  errata  on  verso), 
PP-  [i]-[xvi] ;  text,  pp.  [i]-6o9.  43  plates 
(including  frontispiece  and  engraved  title)  by 
Robert  Seymour  (7),  R.  W.  Buss  (2),  and 
H.  K.  Browne  (34). 

The  preliminary  leaves  were  issued  with  the 
joint  Nos.  19-20,  which  contain  also  an 
engraved  title  and  three  plates  by  H.  K. 
Browne.  Each  of  the  remaining  numbers  con- 
tains two  plates  by  Browne,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Nos.  I,  2  and  3,  which  have  respec- 
tively four  by  Seymour,  three  by  Seymour, 
and  two  by  Buss.  In  the  first  twelve  numbers 
the  plates  have  no  titles,  but  contain  numeri- 
cal page  references.  In  the  remaining  num- 
bers the  plates  have  neither  titles  nor  page 
references.    No.  3  contains  the  original  plates 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

by  Buss,  and  the  two  plates  in  No.  4  are 
signed  "Nemo."  The  covers  of  Nos.  i,  2  and 
3  read  respectively,  "With  four  illustrations 
by  Seymour",  "With  four  illustrations  by  Sey- 
mour", and  "With  illustrations  by  R.  W. 
Buss".  Nos.  2,  3,  10  and  15  contain  Ad- 
dresses by  the  author,  and  Nos.  17,  18  and  19 
have  special  notices  by  the  publishers.  All  the 
numbers  are  dated  1836. 
In  the  following  summary,  the  chief  points 
of  each  number  are  noted : 
No.  I.  "With  Four  Illustrations  |  By  Sey- 
mour" on  front  cover;  inside  covers  blank, 
with  advertisement  of  The  Library  of  Fic- 
tion, No.  I,  on  verso  of  back  cover.  Heading 
on  p.  26,  "Posthumous  Papers,  &c.",  instead 
of  "Posthumous  Papers  of". 
Plates:  "Mr.  Pickwick  addresses  the  Club", 
the  buttons  are  on  the  right  side  of  Mr. 
Pickwick's  coat;  "The  pugnacious  cabman", 
the  figure  of  the  milkmaid  is  clearly  defined; 
"The  sagacious  dog",  the  game-keeper's  gun 
has  lock  and  trigger;  "Dr.  Slammer's  defiance 
of  Jingle",  there  are  only  ten  boards  in  the 
floor. 

No.  2.  Covers  as  described  in  No.  i,  with 
advertisement  of  The  Library  of  Fiction,  No. 
II.  Printed  address,  announcing  the  death  of 
Seymour,  preceding  the  plates. 
Plate:  "The  dying  clown",  the  listener's  hat 
touches  his  foot. 
No.  3.    "With  Illustrations  |  By  R.  W.  Buss" 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

on  front  cover;  inside  covers  blank;  on  verso 
of  back  cover,  advertisement  of  The  Library 
of  Fiction,  No.  III.  In  front,  the  first  Pick- 
wick Advertiser,  advertising  Sunday  Un- 
der Three  Heads,  etc.,  4  pp.  Printed  ad- 
dress, relating  partly  to  Mr.  Buss,  and  *'post- 
script  from  the  Editor."  At  end,  advertise- 
ment of  Rowland  and  Son  (the  first  paid 
advertisement). 

Plates:  The  two  Buss  plates,  signed  by  him. 
No.  4.  Beginning  with  this  number,  all  cov- 
ers read  "With  Illustrations".  Inside  covers 
have  Chapman  and  Hall's  advertisements;  on 
verso  of  back  cover,  advertisement  of  The 
Library  of  Fiction.  In  front.  The  Pickwick 
Advertiser,  4  pp. 

Plates:  "The  break  down",  signed  very 
faintly  on  the  left,  "Nemo";  "The  first  ap- 
pearance of  Mr.  Samuel  Weller",  signed  very 
faintly  on  the  right,  "N.E.M.O." 

No.  5.  Inside  covers  have  Chapman  and 
Hall's  advertisements;  on  verso  of  back  cover, 
advertisement  of  The  Library  of  Fiction,  No. 
V.  In  front.  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  4  pp. 
At  end,  advertisement  of  Bentley's  publica- 
tions, 4  pp.,  and  folding  leaf  advertising  Row- 
land's Kalydor. 

Plates:  "Mrs.  Bardell  faints",  the  bottle  is 
small;  "The  election  at  Eatanswill",  the 
beadle's  legs  are  straight. 

No.  6.  Inside  covers  have  Chapman  and 
Hall's  advertisements;  on  verso  of  back  cover, 

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THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

advertisements  of  Popular  Juvenile  Books, 
etc.  At  end,  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  8  pp. 
Slip,  ''Phrenology  made  easy". 

Plates:  "Fancy  dress  dejeuner",  legend  reads 
mistakenly,  "page  169";  "Seminary  for  young 
ladies",  legend  reads  mistakenly,  "page  154", 
there  is  a  bell  on  the  door. 

No.  7.  Inside  covers  have  advertisements  of 
The  Library  of  Fiction;  on  verso  of  back 
cover,  advertisement  of  The  Pictorial  Album. 
In  front.  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  8  pp. 

Plates:  "Mr.  Pickwick  in  the  pound",  there 
are  two  donkeys;  "Mr.  Pickwick  and  Sam", 
Sam's  legs  are  together. 

No.  8.  Inside  covers  blank;  on  verso  of  back 
cover,  advertisement  of  The  Library  of  Fic- 
tion. Another  copy  shown  has  advertise- 
ments on  inside  covers. 

Plate:  "The  last  visit",  the  top  of  Heyling's 
chair  is  shown,  and  he  sits  low  in  it. 

No.  9.  Inside  front  cover  advertises  Tilt's 
Miniature  Classical  Library;  inside  back 
cover.  Heath's  Picturesque  Annual,  etc.;  on 
verso.  Tilt's  advertisements.  In  front.  The 
Pickwick  Advertiser,  12  pp.;  advertisements 
of  Jennings  &  Co.,  Geo.  Henekey  &  Co., 
Chapman  &  Hall,  W.  S.  Orr  &  Co.,  and  The 
Parterre,  26  pp. 

Plates:  "Mr.  Weller  attacks",  attendant  at 
back  of  chair  differs  from  usual  plate;  "Job 
Trotter  encounters  Sam",  the  cat  is  different. 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

No.  10.  Inside  front  cover  has  C.  Tilt's  ad- 
vertisement; inside  back  cover,  advertisements 
of  Pictorial  Album  and  Library  of  Fiction; 
on  verso,  ''Splendidly  Illustrated  Works."  In 
front,  The  Pickwick  Advertiser.  At  end, 
"Literary  Announcement".  Printed  address, 
dated  Dec,  1836. 

Plates:  "Christmas  Eve",  cat  and  dog  in  fore- 
ground; "The  goblin  and  the  sexton",  face  in 
tree,  bone  at  a  distance  from  the  skull,  and  no 
tombstone  in  lovrer  right  corner. 

No.  II.  Inside  covers  have  Ackermann's  ad- 
vertisements; on  verso  of  back  cover,  Orr's 
advertisements.  In  front,  The  Pickvvrick  Ad- 
vertiser, 8  pp.,  the  first  of  these  advertise- 
ments to  mention  Dickens's  name. 

Plates:  "Mr.  Pickwick  slides",  five  stumps  in 
foreground,  Arabella  has  left  foot  forward, 
black  and  white  dog;  "The  first  interview", 
Pickwick's  glove  is  close  to  his  hat. 

No.  12.  Inside  front  cover  begins,  "New 
Works";  inside  back  cover,  "Important  In- 
vention" ;  on  verso,  advertisement  of  Fraser's 
Magazine  for  1837.  ^^  front,  Pickwick  Ad- 
vertiser, 8  pp.    Mechi's  catalogue. 

Plates.  "The  valentine",  no  newspaper  on 
floor;  "The  triar\  no  hat  on  front  bench. 

No.  13.  Inside  front  cover  begins,  "Impor- 
tant Invention";  inside  back  cover  advertises 
Manly  Exercise,  etc.;  on  verso,  Longman's 
advertisements.  In  front,  The  Pickwick  Ad- 
vertiser, 16  pp.     At  end,  "This  day  is  pub- 

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lished",  etc.,  4  pp.;  Turrell's  advertisement, 
2  pp. 

Plates:  "Mr.  Winkle's  situation",  clear  white 
space  between  hat  on  ground  and  shadow  be- 
low it,  point  of  pole  on  ground  in  a  line  with 
pole;  "The  card  room  at  Bath",  the  cards  on 
the  table  are  distinct. 

No.  14.  Inside  front  cover  advertises  Lodge's 
Portraits,  etc. ;  inside  back  cover.  The  Court 
Magazine;  on  verso,  Charles  Tilt's  publica- 
tions. In  front.  The  Pickwick  Advertiser, 
No.  XIV,  24  pp.  At  end,  Baldwin  and  Cra- 
dock's  publications,  8  pp. 
Plates:  "The  conviviality  of  Bob  Sawyer", 
books  are  laid  down,  and  there  is  one  on  top 
shelf  to  right  of  window;  "Mr.  Pickwick  sits 
for  his  portrait",  no  star  in  middle  pane  of 
top  row  in  window. 

No.  15.  Inside  front  cover  advertises  Samuel 
Weller's  Illustrations  to  the  Pickwick  Club; 
inside  back  cover,  Cunningham's  Gallery  of 
Pictures;  on  verso,  J.  Sanger's  advertise- 
ments. In  front.  The  Pickwick  Advertiser, 
No.  XV,  16  pp.;  London  Parcels  Delivery 
Company;  Address  (4  pp.,  with  advertise- 
ments), announcing  the  resumption  of  the 
work  which  had  "been  interrupted  by  a  severe 
domestic  affliction",  and  "Notice  to  Correspon- 
dents". At  end,  24  pp.  of  advertisements,  and 
specimen  plate  of  Beattie's  Scotland  Illus- 
trated. 
Plates:    "The    Warden's    room"    (ist),    no 

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loop  at  end  of  clothes-line;  **The  Warden's 
room  (2nd),  signed  "Phiz,  del". 

No.  16.  Inside  front  cover  advertises  Samuel 
Weller's  Illustrations ;  Inside  back  cover.  New 
Works  on  India;  on  verso.  New  Works  in 
the  press.  In  front,  The  Pickwick  Adver- 
tiser, No.  XVI,  8  pp. 

Plates:  ''The  red-haired  man  discourseth", 
legs  of  chair  are  turned;  ''Mrs.  Bardell  en- 
counters Mr.  Pickwick  in  prison",  handrail 
on  left  of  steps,  and  cockade  In  Weller's  hat. 
No.  17.  Inside  front  cover  advertises 
Chubb's  New  Patent  Detector  Lock;  Inside 
back  cover.  Fourth  Edition,  Sketches  of 
Young  Ladles,  etc. ;  on  verso.  Gardener's  Ga- 
zette. In  front.  The  Pickwick  Advertiser, 
No.  XVII,  8  pp.  (containing  phrase,  "the  cir- 
culation of  the  Work  being  26,000" ) .  At  end, 
26  pp.  of  advertisements.  Between  plates  and 
text  Is  the  publisher's  address,  dated  Aug.  26, 
i837>  2  pp. 

Plates:  "Mr.  Winkle  returns",  top  shelf  at 
right  is  empty,  dishes  on  second  shelf  of 
closet;  "The  bagman's  uncle",  bundle  to  right 
of  lantern  not  corded. 

No.  18.  Inside  front  cover  advertises  Wel- 
ler's Illustrations ;  Inside  back  cover.  Gems  of 
Beauty,  etc. ;  on  verso.  Splendid  Annuals,  etc. 
In  front,  The  Pickwick  Advertiser,  No. 
XVIII,  16  pp.  (containing  phrase,  "the  circu- 
lation of  the  Work  being  29,000").  At  end, 
14  pp.  of  advertisements.   Publishers'  address, 

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dated  Sept.  29,  1837,  announcing  the  comple- 
tion of  the  work,  etc.,  2  pp. 
Plates:  "The  rival  editors,"  side  of  dresser 
has  jug  and  toasting  fork;  "Bob  Sawyer  on 
the  roof  of  the  stage".  Irishman's  stick  has 
no  bundle  tied  to  it. 

Nos.  19-20.  Inside  front  cover  advertises 
Seymour's  Popular  Sketches;  inside  back 
cover,  Orr's  publications;  on  verso,  T.  Cox 
Savory's  advertisement.  In  front.  The  Pick- 
wick Advertiser,  Nos.  XIX  and  XX,  24  pp. 
At  end,  5  pp.  of  advertisements,  and  Mechi's 
catalogue,  20  pp.  Publisher's  address,  dated 
Oct.  30,  1837. 

Plates:  "The  fat  boy  and  Mary",  the  knife 
in  boy's  hand  points  downward;  "Mr.  Weller 
and  his  friends",  floor-boards  run  lengthwise, 
there  is  a  bottle  beside  the  glass  on  table. 
Frontispiece,  Pickwick's  stool  has  only  four 
stripes,  the  signing  of  the  plate  is  divided  by 
the  Tupman  tablet;  engraved  title,  the  sign 
reads,  "Tony  Veller"  (instead  of  Weller), 
and  in  the  signboard  "Marquis  Granby's" 
stick  is  almost  perpendicular. 


34  The  I  Posthumous  Papers  |  Of  The  | 
Pickwick  Club:  [  [seven  lines]  | 
Philadelphia :  |  Carey,  Lea  &  Blan- 
chard.  |  i836[-37]. 

Duodecimo.      5    volumes,     in    the    original 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

boards,   with   brown  cloth  backs    and   paper 

labels. 

First  American  edition,   and  first  edition  of 

the  first  volume  in  book  form. 

The  first  volume  of  this  edition  is  dated  1836. 

The  first  English  edition  in  book  form  was 

issued  in  1837. 

35  The  I  Posthumous  Papers  |  Of  |  The 
Pickwick  Club.  |  By  Charles  Dickens. 
I  With  Fifty-four  Illustrations,  by  R. 
Seymour,  Phiz  and  |  Crowquill.  | 
New  York:  |  James  Turney,  Jr.  55, 
Gold-Street.  |  MDCCCXXXVIII. 

Octavo.  In  26  monthly  numbers,  as  issued, 
with  original,  green,  printed,  pictorial  paper 
wrappers.  54  plates  (including  engraved 
title). 

36  Pickwick  and  Mrs.  Bardell.  (Paint- 
ing in  Grisaille,  by  Charles  R.  Leslie, 
R.A.). 

A  commission  to  the  artist ;  engraved  on  wood 
for  the  frontispiece  of  the  first  cheap  edition 
of  Pickwick  Papers,  1847  (see  next  number). 

37  The  Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pick- 
wick Club  .   .  .  with  a  Frontispiece 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

from  a  design  by  C.  R.  Leslie,  Esq., 
R.  A.  Engraved  by  J.  Thompson. 
London:  Chapman  and  Hall  .  .  . 
MDCCCXLVIL 

Duodecimo.  In  the  present  volume,  the  fron- 
tispieces, titles,  dedications  and  prefaces  of 
the  volumes  comprising  the  first  cheap  edition 
are  bound  together. 

38  Hablot  K.  Browne's  Original  Draw- 
ings for  seven  illustrations  for  the 
Household  Edition  of  Pickwick  Pa- 
pers, 1874. 

39  The  Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pick- 
wick Club  .  .  .  edited  by  Charles 
Dickens,  the  Younger  .  .  .  London 
Macmillan  and  Co  .   .   .   1886. 

Octavo.  Two  volumes.  Illustrations.  The 
Jubilee  Edition,  published  to  commemorate 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  beginning  of 
Pickwick  Papers. 

40  The  Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pick- 
wick Club  .  .  .  with  the  43  original 
Illustrations  and  223  additional  Pic- 
tures .   .   .  collected    and    annotated 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

by   C.    Van   Noorden  .  .  .  London 

Chapman  &  Hall,  Limited.  1909. 

Octavo.  Two  volumes.  Illustrations.  The 
Topical  Edition. 

41  The  Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pick- 
wick Club  .  .  .  Illustrated  by  Cecil 
Aldin  .  .  .  London,  Chapman  and 
Hall,  1910. 

Folio.  Two  volumes.  Colored  plates,  head- 
and  tail-pieces,  and  initial  letters. 

42  Mr.  Pickwick  Illustrated  in  Colour 

by  Frank  Reynolds,  R.  I.    Hodder  & 

Stoughton,  London  [1910]. 

Folio.  Colored  plates.  One  of  350  copies, 
signed  by  the  artist. 

43  Extra  Illustrations  to  Pickwick  Pa- 
pers by  **Alfred  CrowquilP'  (Alfred 
Henry  Forrester),  1837. 

Pictures  Picked  from  the  Pickwick 
Papers.   London :  Ackermann  &  Co., 

1837- 

Nearly  200  subjects  on  40  plates;  lithographs 
in  color,  issued  in  10  parts,  in  buff  wrappers 
from  May  i  to  November  9,  1837. 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

They  were  also  published  complete  in  laven- 
der wrapper,  and  in  cloth,  the  same  year.  In 
1880,  F.  T.  Sabin  published  reproductions, 
etched  on  copper  by  F.  W.  Pailthorpe. 

44  Extra  Illustrations  by  William  Heath, 

Pickwickian  Illustrations  .  .  .  Pub- 
lished by  Thomas  McLean.  1837. 

20  etchings,  with  ornamental  paper  wrapper, 
having  title  printed  in  gold  on  a  black  label. 

45  Extra  Illustrations  by  Thomas  On- 
whyn,  1837. 

.  .  .  Thirty-two  Illustrations  to  the 
Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pickwick 
Club  ...  By  Mr.  Samuel  Weller. 
London :  Published  by  Grattan  &  Gil- 
bert .  .  .    [1837]. 

32  colored  etchings,  most  of  them  signed 
"Samuel  Weller,  delt";  issued  in  8  monthly 
parts,  in  green  wrappers. 

46  Extra  Illustrations  by  Thomas  Sib- 
son,  1838. 

Sketches    of    Expeditions    from    the 

Pickwick  Club,  by  T.  Sibson.     Lon- 

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don :  Published  by  Sherwood,  Gilbert, 

and  Piper.  1838. 

10  etchings,  with  letterpress,  and  green  wrap- 
per, bearing  the  title:  Sibson's  Racy  Sketches 
of  Expeditions,  from  the  Pickwick  Club. 

47  Extra    Illustrations    by    Hablot    K. 
Browne,  1847. 

Illustrations  to  the  Cheap  Edition  of 

the  Works  of  Mr.  Charles  Dickens. 

London,     Darton    &    Clark,     [and 

others]   .  .   .    [1847]. 

Octavo.  6  wood-engravings,  issued  in  green 
wrapper. 

48  Extra  Illustrations  by  Sir  John  Gil- 
bert, 1847. 

Plates  to  illustrate  the  Cheap  Edition 
of  The  Posthumous  Papers  of  The 
Pickwick  Club  .  .  .  from  Original 
Designs  by  John  Gilbert,  Esq.  En- 
graved by  Messrs.  Greenaway  and 
Wright.    London;  E.  Appleyard  .  .  . 

[1847]- 

Duodecimo.  32  wood-engravings,  issued  in  8 
monthly  parts  in  buff  wrappers.  A  few  im- 
pressions on  India  paper  exist. 

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49  Extra  Illustrations  by  Thomas  On- 
whyn,  1847. 

Twelve  Illustrations  To  The  Pick- 
wick Club  by  T.  Onwhyn.  London: 
Albert  Jackson  .  .   .   1894. 

12  etchings  executed  in  1847,  and  issued  in 
1894,  ii^  three  states,  India  proofs,  colored  by 
Pailthorpe,  and  plain.  The  plates  exhibited 
are  colored. 

50  Anonymous  Extra  Illustrations,  1847. 
For  Binding  with  the  Cheap  Edition. 
Original  Illustrations  to  The  Pick- 
wick Papers.  [London,]  W.  Strange, 
[1847].  To  be  completed  in  eight 
parts.  Four  engravings  published 
monthly. 

Octavo.  16  wood-engravings,  issued  in  4 
monthly  parts  in  green  wrappers.  The 
fourth  part  is  supposed  to  be  the  final  one, 
in  spite  of  the  statement  in  the  title  that  eight 
parts  would  be  published. 

51  Extra  Illustrations  by  Frederick  W. 
Pailthorpe,  1882. 

a.  Pailthorpe's  Original  Water-color 
Drawings  for  the  twenty-four  Illus- 
trations described  below  (No.  51b), 
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together  with  Original  Drawings  for 
vignettes  on  three  extra  title-pages 
etched  by  Pailthorpe  for  the  Victoria 
Edition,  1892. 

b.  24  Illustrations  To  The  Pickwick 
Club  By  Fredk.  W.  Pailthorpe,  Lon- 
don: Robson  &  Kerslake,  1882. 

24  etchings  of  scenes  not  previously  illus- 
trated, in  green  wrapper. 
These  are  accompanied  by  three  vignette- 
titles  (colored  and  uncolored  copies  of  each), 
etched  by  Pailthorpe  for  the  Victoria  Edi- 
tion, in  1892. 

c.  Another  set,  colored  and  lettered 
in  pencil  by  the  artist,  and  accom- 
panied by  the  original  tracings,  and 
proofs  on  India  paper,  before  letters, 
of  all  the  plates. 

52  Extra  Illustrations  by ''Kyd''  (Joseph 
Clayton  Clark). 

18  water-color  drawings. 

53  An  Account  of  the  Origin  of  'Tick- 
wick  Papers".  By  Mrs.  Seymour, 
Widow   of  the   distinguished   Artist 

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who  originated  the  Work.  With  Mr. 
Dickens's  Version,  and  her  Reply 
thereto  showing  the  Fallacy  of  his 
Statements  .  .  .  London  Printed  for 
the  Author  .  .   .    [1849]. 

Octavo.   Mrs.  Seymour's  own  copy,  with  four 
of  the  original  Seymour  drawings,  three  un- 
published letters,  and  Dickens's  original  letter 
to  the  artist  in  relation  to  the  illustrations. 
Accompanied  by  the  reprint  of  the  work,  1901. 

54  R.  W.  Buss's  Original  Manuscript 
Statement  of  his  Grievances,  with 
photographs  of  the  plates,  trial 
proofs,  etc.  Dated,  '^Camdentown, 
March  2,  1872." 

Quarto.     125  pp. 

The  Evening  Post,  January  28,  191 1,  con- 
tained a  description  of  this  little  known  manu- 
script. 

55  Dickens'  Christmas  Story  of  Goblins 
Who  Stole  a  Sexton  Illustrated  by 
Thos.  Nast  McLoughlin  Bros.  New- 
York  [1867]. 

Quarto.  31  +  i  pp.,  including  illustrated  cover- 
title.    Woodcuts. 

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This  is  one  of  a  series  of  books  for  children, 
issued  by  McLaughlin  Brothers  in  1867. 
The  Story  of  the  Goblins  who  stole  a  Sexton 
forms  the  twenty-eighth  chapter  of  Pickwick 
Papers.  In  the  original  edition,  two  chapters 
are  numbered  twenty-eight.  This  story  is  the 
second  of  these. 

56  Sam  Weller,  or,  The  Pickwickians. 
A  Drama,  in  three  Acts.  As  per- 
formed at  the  New  Strand  Theatre, 
with  unexampled  success.  By  W.  T. 
Moncrieff,  Esq  .  .  .  London:  Pub- 
lished for  the  Author,  and  sold  by  all 
respectable  Booksellers.  1837.  (Price 
one  shilling  only. ) 

Octavo.     Prompter's  copy,  interleaved,  with 

annotations    and    pen-and-ink   plans    for    the 

scenes.     An   autograph   letter   from   W.   T. 

Moncrieff  is  inserted. 

The  play  was  first  performed   on  July    17, 

1837. 

For  programme  of  play,  The  Pickwickians, 

see  No.  278. 

57  Bardell  v.  Pickwick.  (The  Trial 
Scene  from  Pickwick.)  A  Farcical 
Sketch,  in  one  Act.  By  Charles  Dick- 
ens.    Arranged  for  the  Stage  from 

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the  Author's  special  Reading  Copy  by 
John  Hollingshead  .  .  .  New  York : 
Robert  M.  DeWitt  .  .  .  [n.d.]  (De- 
Witt's  Acting  Plays,  No.  i66.) 

Duodecimo.  Original  yellow,  printed,  paper 
wrapper. 

58  Sam  Weller's  Pickwick  Jest-Book,  in 
which  are  concentrated  all  the  funny 
sayings  of  Sam  and  his  Companions, 
and  upwards  of  1000  Jokes,  Epi- 
grams, Jeux  d'Esprit,  &c.  including 
Joe  Miller's  renowned  Jests.  Lon- 
don: Orlando  Hodgson,  [1837]. 

Twentyfour-mo.    24  portraits  of  Pickwickian 
characters,   signed   "W.    C.   W.".      Original 
black  cloth  cover  bound  in. 
Also  issued  by  Berger  in  penny  numbers. 

59  Pickwick  in  America:  Detailing  all 
the  remarkable  adventures  of  taat 
(sic)  Illustrious  Individual  and  his 
learned  Companions  in  the  United 
States;  extraordinary  Jonathanisms, 
collected  by  Mr.  Snodgrass,  and  the 
Sayings,  Doings,  and  Mems,  of  the 
facetious    Sam    Weller,    Edited    by 

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^'Bos''   .  .   .  London:     Printed    and 
published  by  E.  Lloyd  .  .  .    [1837]. 

Octavo.     In  II  monthly  numbers,  as  issued, 
with  original  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrap- 
pers of  various  colors.    Woodcuts. 
Also  issued  in  penny  weekly  numbers.    It  has 
been  attributed  to  G.  W.  M.  Reynolds. 

60  Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Wonder- 
ful Discovery  Club,  formerly  of  Cam- 
den Town,  established  by  Sir  Peter 
Patron.  Edited  by  Poz.  With  Illus- 
trations designed  by  Squib,  and  en- 
graved by  Point.  London:  William 
Mark  Clark  .   .   .    [1838]. 

Octavo.    Issued  in  parts,  with  brown,  printed, 
pictorial,  paper  wrapper.     11  plates. 

61  The  Beauties  of  Pickwick.  Collected 
and  arranged  by  Sam  Weller.  'Trom 
grave  to  gay— from  lively  to  severe". 
Price  twopence.  London:  Published 
by  W.  Morgan  .   .  .    1838. 

Octavo.     Stitched. 

62  The  Beauties  of  Pickwick  [etc.,  as  in 
No.  61]. 

A  facsimile  reprint  of  the  preceding. 
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63  On  the  Origin  of  Sam  Weller,  and 
the  Real  Cause  of  the  Success  of  The 
Posthumous  Papers  of  the  Pickwick 
Club,  by  a  Lover  of  Charles  Dick- 
ens's Works.  Together  with  a  Fac- 
simile Reprint  of  The  Beauties  of 
Pickwick  .  .  .  London :  J.  W.  Jarvis 
&  Son  .   .   .   1883. 

Octavo.  Original  gray,  printed  paper  wrap- 
per; with  reprint  of  The  Beauties  of  Pick- 
wick at  end.  Colored  frontispiece  by  F.  W. 
Pailthorpe. 

The  writer  suggests  that  the  original  of  Sam 
Weller  was  Samuel  Vale,  an  actor  at  the 
Surrey  Theater.  The  suggestion  was  made 
originally  by  Mr.  E.  L.  Blanchard  in  the 
Birmingham  Daily  Gazette,  April  7,  1882. 

64  Pickwick  Abroad;  or,  The  Tour  in 

France.    By  George  W.  M.  Reynolds 

.   .  .  London:   Printed   for  Thomas 

Tegg  .  .  .   1839. 

Octavo.  41  plates  by  A.  W.  Crowquill  and 
John  Phillips,  and  woodcuts  by  Bonner. 

65  The  Post-humourous  Notes  of  the 
Pickwickian   Club,   edited  by   ''Bos" 

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.  .  .  London :  Printed  and  published 
by  E.Lloyd  .  .  .   [1842]. 

Octavo.  Woodcuts.  In  parts,  as  issued,  with 
wrappers  entitled  The  Penny  Pickwick,  con- 
taining the  Humorous  Adventures,  etc. 
Woodcuts. 

George  A.  Sala  wrote  of  this:  ''This  dis- 
graceful fabrication  had  an  enormous  sale; 
and  fraudulent  as  was  the  enterprise,  and 
base  as  were  the  motives  of  the  publisher, 
they  could  not  fail  to  testify  to  the  wonderful 
and  universal  popularity  of  Charles  Dickens." 


OLIVER  TWIST,   1838 

Dickens's  second  great  work  was 
written  at  Furnivars  Inn  and  Doughty 
Street.  Forster  says  that  it  took  an 
extraordinary  hold  upon  the  author, 
and  that  he  never  knew  him  to  work 
until  such  late  hours  as  during  the 
final  months  of  writing  it.  Oliver 
Twist  appeared  in  Bentley's  Miscel- 
lany from  February,  1837,  to  March, 
1839,  and  was  illustrated  with  twen- 
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ty-four  etchings  by  George  Cruik- 
shank,  who  claimed,  apparently  with- 
out foundation,  to  have  suggested  to 
Dickens  the  idea  of  the  story.  The 
completed  work  was  published  by 
Bentley  in  three  volumes  in  Novem- 
ber, 1838,  the  first  issue  bearing  the 
same  title  as  the  magazine  numbers 
(see  No.  69),  and  containing  the  sup- 
pressed plate,  the  so-called  Fireside 
scene.  This  plate  was  displeasing  to 
Dickens,  and  another,  representing 
Rose  Maylie  and  Oliver  at  the  tomb 
of  Agnes,  was  finished  in  time  to  ap- 
pear in  the  Miscellany,  though  not  in 
the  first  issue  in  book  form,  which 
came  out  before  the  final  numbers  of 
the  magazine.  A  much  re-worked 
state  of  the  Fireside  plate  exists, 
showing  that  Cruikshank  made  efforts 
to  have  it  retained.  A  second  issue 
contains  the  later  plate  and  has  the 
title  shortened  to  "Oliver  Twist  By 
Charles  Dickens,  Author  of  The 
Pickwick  Papers." 

The    second   edition    appeared    in 
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1839.  In  an  edition  published  in  ten 
monthly  parts  in  1846,  for  which  the 
plates  were  much  retouched  by  Find- 
lay,  Agnes's  dress  has  been  changed 
from  a  light  shade  to  black.  In  later 
editions,  the  long  title  was  resumed. 

The  original  manuscript  of  ^'Oliver 
Twist''  is  in  the  possession  of  the 
South  Kensington  Museum. 

66  George  Cruikshank's  Original  Water 

Color  Drawings  for  Oliver  Twist. 

24  drawings,  with  **title-page",  bordered  with 
small  copies  of  the  drawings,  and  inscribed 
"This  sketch  is  intended  as  a  sort  of  Title 
Page  to  the  Twenty  four  water  colour 
Sketches,  compiled  by  me— George  Cruik- 
shank— from  my  illustrations  of  Oliver  Twist 
and  made  especially  for  my  friend  F.  M. 
Cosens.    September  27,  1866." 

67  George  Cruikshank's  Original  Pencil 
Sketches  for  the  following  plates. 

a.  Oliver  asking  for  more. 

b.  Oliver  introduced  to  the  respect- 
able Old  Gentleman. 

c.  Oliver  claimed  by  his  affectionate 
friends. 

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d.  Oliver's  reception  by  Fagin  and 
the  boys. 

e.  The  Last  Chance. 

68  Oliver  Twist,  bound  from  Bentley's 
Miscellany,  February,  1837-March, 
1839,  with  the  plates  as  issued  in  the 
parts. 

69  Oliver  Twist;  |  Or,  The  |  Parish 
Boy's  Progress.  |  By  **Boz'\  |  In 
Three  Volumes.  |  Vol.  I  |  [Vols.  II 
&  III]  I  London;  |  Richard  Bentley, 
New  Burlington  Street.  |  1838. 

Octavo.  Three  volumes,  in  original  brown 
cloth  binding,  with  yellow  end-papers. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  long  title, 
as  above,  and  list  of  illustrations,  the  last 
plate  showing  the  Fireside  Scene,  for  which 
the  Scene  at  Agnes's  Tomb  was  substituted. 
Collation:  Vol.  I:  Half-title  (with  adver- 
tisement of  Barnaby  Rudge  on  verso),  title, 
and  list  of  illustrations,  [3  unnumbered 
leaves];  text,  pp.  [i]-33i;  advertisements, 
PP-  [333-337]-  9  plates  by  George  Cruik- 
shank. 

Vol.   II:   Half-title    (with  advertisement  on 
verso),  and  title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  [2 

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unnumbered  leaves];  text,  pp.  [i]-307.  7 
plates  by  Cruikshank. 

Vol.  Ill :  Advertisements,  and  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  [2  unnumbered  leaves]  ;  text, 
PP-  [i]~3i5-    8  plates  by  Cruikshank. 


70  Another  Copy,  with  the  Introduction 
to  the  Third  Edition  (xii  pp.,  dated 
April,  1 841),  and  18  extra-illustra- 
tions by  *^Kyd*'  inserted. 

71  Oliver   Twist   By   Charles    Dickens, 

Author  Of  *The  Pickwick  Papers'' 

[etc.,  as  in  No.  69]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  short 
title,  as  above,  and  the  substituted  plate 
showing  Rose  Maylie  and  Oliver  at  Agnes's 
tomb.  Copy  presented  by  Dickens  to  J.  P. 
Harley. 

72  The  I  Adventures  |  Of  |  Oliver  Twist; 
I  Or,  I  The  Parish  Boy's  Progress.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Twenty- 
four  Illustrations  On  Steel,  By  | 
George  Cruikshank.  |  A  New  Edi- 
tion, Revised  And  Corrected.  |  Lon- 
don: I  Published  For  The  Author,  | 

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By  Bradbury  &  Evans,  Whitefriars.  I 
MDCCCXLVL 

Octavo.  In  ten  monthly  numbers,  as  issued, 
with  original  green,  printed,  pictorial  paper 
wrappers,  and  advertisements.  24  plates. 
For  this  edition  the  plates  were  re-touched 
by  Findlay.  It  was  also  issued  in  volume 
form,  in  slate-colored  cloth. 

73  Oliver  Twist.  |  By  |  Charles  Dickens, 
I  (Boz!)  I  [Four  lines]  |  Philadel- 
phia :  I  Lea  And  Blanchard,  |  Succes- 
sors To  Carey  &  Co.  |  1839. 

Duodecimo.  Two  volumes,  in  original  brown 
paper  boards. 

Probably  the  first  appearance  in  America  of 
any  part  of  Oliver  Twist  was  in  the  volume 
described  in  our  No.  28,  which  contained  the 
first  two  chapters.  Wilkins  says  that  what 
may  really  be  called  the  first  American  edition 
of  the  entire  work  was  a  reprint  from  Bent- 
ley's  published  in  New  York  by  William  and 
Jemima  Welker.  In  1838,  Lea  and  Blan- 
chard began  to  issue  an  edition  in  numbers, 
but  before  its  completion  they  published  the 
work  in  two  volumes  as  described  above. 
The  interest  of  this  edition  lies  in  the  follow- 
ing amusing  note  in  the  first  volume:  "A 
large  portion  of  the  last  part  of  Oliver  Twist 
having  been  sent  to  the  American  Publishers 
in  manuscript,  they  hasten  to  place  before  the 

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public  the  work  complete  in  the  present  form. 
At  the  same  time,  they  have  to  regret  that  the 
illustrations  by  Cruikshank,  were  not  ready 
to   accompany  the  manuscript  from  London 


74  Extra  Illustrations  by  F.  W.  Pail- 
thorpe,  1886. 

Twenty-one  Illustrations  to  Oliver 
Twist.  By  F.  W.  Pailthorpe.  [Lon- 
don, Robson  &  Kerslake,  1886.] 

Quarto.  Portfolio  containing  half-title,  list 
of  etchings  and  twenty-one  colored  plates. 
Two  hundred  sets  of  these  illustrations  were 
issued,  fifty  sets  of  India  proofs  in  black,  fifty 
sets  of  India  proofs  in  bistre,  fifty  sets  col- 
ored, and  fifty  sets  plain. 

75  Pollock's  Juvenile  Drama.  Oliver 
Twist.  Or  The  Parish  Boy's  Progress. 
A  Drama,  In  Three  Acts,  6  Plates  of 
Characters,  13  Scenes,  i  Set  Piece 
3  Wings.  Total  23  Plates.  .  .  .  Lon- 
don .   .   .    [1839?] 

Sixteenmo.  With  23  separate  colored  plates, 
as  enumerated  in  title.  Original  pink,  printed 
paper  wrapper. 

The  plates  were  also  issued  uncolored.  Some 
of  them  bear  the  imprint  of  J.  Redington. 

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76  Chefs  d'Oeuvre  du  Siecle  lUustres. 
Ch.  Dickens  Olivier  Twist  .  .  . 
[Paris]  1892. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  gray,  printed,  pictorial, 
paper  wrapper,  with  title  as  above.  Wood- 
cuts. 

77  Charies  Dickens.  Olivier  Twist,  Les 
Voleurs  de  Londres.  Traduction  de 
La  BedoUiere.  Nouvelle  Edition  re- 
vue. Vingt  gravures.  Limoges,  Eu- 
gene Ardant  &  Cie  [n.d.] 

Quarto.  Original  red  cloth  binding.  20 
woodcuts. 

78  The  Life  and  Adventures  of  Oliver 
Twiss  the  Workhouse  Boy  .  .  .  Lon- 
don.     Published  by  E.   Lloyd  .  .  . 

[1839] 

Octavo.     Issued   in   79   numbers   with  buff, 
printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers.  Woodcuts. 
With  preface,  signed  "Bos". 
This  is  said  to  be  by  Gilbert  a  Becket. 


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SKETCHES  OF  YOUNG 
GENTLEMEN,  1838 

In  1837,  Chapman  and  Hall  had 
published  a  half-crown  volume  called 
Sketches  of  Young  Ladies  ...  by 
"Quiz''  (Edward  Caswell),  which 
many  had  attributed  to  Dickens,  who 
wrote  Sketches  of  Young  Gentlemen 
as  a  companion  volume  to  this,  as 
well  as  a  humorous  protest  against  it. 
There  is  a  second  edition  of  1838, 
and  in  1849  an  edition  appeared  in  a 
limp  wrapper  at  one  shilling. 

79  Sketches  |  Of  |  Young  Ladies:  |  In 
Which  These  Interesting  Members 
Of  The  Animal  |  Kingdom  Are  Clas- 
sified, I  According  To  Their  Several 
I  Instincts,  Habits,  And  General 
Characteristics.  |  By  ''Quiz''.  |  With 
Six  Illustrations  By  |  'Thiz".  |  Lon- 
don: I  Chapman  And  Hall,  186, 
Strand.  |  MDCCCXXXVII. 

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Sixteenmo.     Original  blue  paper  boards  with 
pictorial  design  by  H.  K.  Browne,  and  yellow 
end-papers.    6  plates  (including  frontispiece) 
by  H.  K.  Browne. 
First  edition. 

Although  this  is  by  Edward  Caswell,  it  is 
shown  in  conjunction  with  Sketches  of  Young 
Gentlemen,  as  its  only  interest  lies  in  its  con- 
nection with  that  work. 


80  Original  Manuscript  of  Sketches  of 

Young  Gentlemen. 

Quarto.  Dedication,  5  pp. ;  text,  104  pp. ;  con- 
clusion, 4  pp. 

81  Sketches  |  Of  |  Young  Gentlemen.  | 
Dedicated  to  the  Young  Ladies.  | 
With  Six  Illustrations  |  By  |  ^Thiz'\  | 
London:  |  Chapman  and  Hall,  186, 
Strand.  |  MDCCCXXXVIIL 

Sixteenmo.    Original  blue  paper  boards,  with 
pictorial  design  by  H.  K.  Browne,  and  yello^\^ 
end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
table  of  contents,  and  dedication  "To  the 
Young  Ladies  of  the  United  Kingdom",  pp. 
[i]-viii;    text,    pp.    [i]-76;    advertisements, 

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pp.  [77-80].  6  plates  (including  frontispiece) 
by  H.  K.  Browne. 

82  Set  of  the  six  plates  of  Sketches  of 

Young  Gentlemen,  in  undivided  state. 

Original  impressions,  1838. 


MEMOIRS  OF  JOSEPH 
GRIMALDI,  1838 

Joseph  Grimaldi  was  a  famous  ac- 
tor and  clown  whose  memoirs  Dick- 
ens edited,  writing  the  preface  and 
concluding  chapter. 

The  original  manuscript  was  at  one 
time  owned  by  Henry  Stevens.  Only 
the  preface  is  in  Dickens's  handwrit- 
ing, the  remainder  having  been  dic- 
tated to  his  father,  who  enjoyed  act- 
ing as  his  son's  amanuensis. 

83   Memoirs  |  Of  |  Joseph  Grimaldi.   | 
Edited  By  |  ^*Boz'\  |  With  Illustra- 
tions  By  George   Cruikshank.    |    In 
Two  Volumes.  |  Vol.  I.  |   [Vol.  II.] 
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I  London:  |  Richard  Bentley,  New 
Burlington  Street.  |  1838. 

Octavo.  Two  volumes,  in  original  pink  cloth 
binding,  with  white  end-papers. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  without  border 
on  plate,  The  last  Song. 
Collation:  Vol.  I:  Half-title  (with  imprint 
on  verso),  title,  table  of  contents,  and  intro- 
ductory chapter,  pp.  [i]-xix;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
288.  Frontispiece-portrait  of  Grimaldi  by 
Greatbatch  after  Raven,  and  6  plates  by 
George  Cruikshank. 

Vol.  II:  Half-title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
title,  and  table  of  contents,  pp.  [i]~ix;  text, 
pp.  [i]-263  (with  imprint  on  verso).  "Mr. 
Bentley's  List  of  New  Works",  36  pp.  6 
plates  by  Cruikshank. 

84  Memoirs    |    Of    |    Joseph    Grimaldi 

[etc.,  as  in  No.  83]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  bound  in 
dark  brown  cloth,  with  grotesque  border  by 
A.  H.  Forrester  ("Alfred  Crowquill"), 
around  the  plate.  The  last  Song. 

85  F.  W.  Pailthorpe's  Original  Water- 
color  Drawings  for  six  plates  illus- 
trating the  Memoirs  of  Joseph  Gri- 
maldi, together  with  a  set  of  the 
plates. 

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NICHOLAS  NICKLEBY, 

1839 

In  order  to  make  this  account  of  the 
cheap  boarding  schools  carried  on  at 
the  time  as  true  to  life  as  possible, 
Dickens  and  Browne  visited  many  of 
the  schools  before  beginning  the 
work,  in  February,  1838.  It  was 
written  chiefly  at  Doughty  Street,  and 
appeared  in  monthly  parts  from 
April,  1838,  to  October,  1839,  hav- 
ing been  announced,  in  1838,  by  a 
mock  proclamation,  signed  ^*Boz". 
Almost  fifty  thousand  copies  of  the 
first  number  were  sold  on  the  day  of 
issue,  and  the  story  became  so  popu- 
lar that  unauthorized  dramatizations 
appeared  before  it  was  finished.  After 
the  publication  of  the  sixth  part  Syd- 
ney Smith  wrote  ^^Nickleby  is  very 
good;  I  stood  out  against  Mr.  Dick- 
ens as  long  as  I  could,  but  he  has  con- 
quered me'\  Dickens  received  £150 
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a  number  from  his  publishers  for  the 
work,  and  on  its  completion  they  gave 
him  £1500  in  addition  in  acknowledg- 
ment of  its  success.  At  least  two  sets 
of  the  plates  seem  to  have  been  en- 
graved. The  portrait  by  Maclise  was 
painted  for  the  purpose  of  having  an 
engraved  frontispiece-portrait  for  the 
book,  and  was  presented  by  Dickens 
to  the  publishers. 

86  Original  Manuscript  of  portions  of 
Nicholas  Nickleby:  Chapters  IX,  X, 
XV,  XVI,  XVII  and  XX. 

Quarto.     165  pp. 

87  Hablot  K.  Browne^s  Original  Draw- 
ings for  plates  of  Nicholas  Nickleby. 

88  Proclamation  announcing  Nicholas 
Nickleby,  dated  February  28,  1838, 
and  signed  *^Boz'\ 

Octavo.    4  pp. 

89  The  I  Life  And  Adventures  |  Of  j 
Nicholas  Nickleby.  |  By  Charles 
Dickens.     |     With    Illustrations    By 

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Phiz.  I  London:  |  Chapman  And 
Hall,  1 86,  Strand.  |  MDCCCXXX- 
IX. 

Octavo.  In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the  last  a  double  number),  with  original 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Browne,  and  advertisements. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  word 
"visiter"  instead  of  "sister"  on  p.  123,  line  17. 
Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  to  Macready,  preface,  table 
of  contents  and  list  of  plates,  pp.  [i]-xvi ;  text, 
pp.  [ 1 3-624.  Frontispiece-portrait  by  Finden 
after  Maclise,  and  39  plates  by  H.  K.  Browne. 
Each  number  contains  2  plates,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Nos.  14  and  15.  There  were  none 
in  14,  on  account  of  the  illness  of  the  artist, 
and  No.  15  contains  four.  Nos.  17-20  con- 
tain an  advertisement  of  the  engraved  por- 
trait which  appeared  in  the  last  number,  to- 
gether with  the  preliminary  leaves. 
On  the  plates  in  the  first  two  numbers  ap- 
pears the  publisher's  imprint. 

90  Set  of  the  thirty-seven  plates  of  Nich- 
olas Nickleby. 

91  Extra  Illustrations  to  Nicholas  Nick- 
leby by  Peter  Palette  (Thomas  On- 
whyn),  1838-39. 

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THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

Illustrations  to  Nicholas  NIckleby 
Edited  by  ^^Boz'\  By  Peter  Palette, 
Esqr.  [London,]  E.  Grattan  .  .  . 
[1838-39]. 

40  etchings  in  two  states,  colored  and  uncol- 
ored,  issued  in  nine  parts,  with  green  and  buff 
wrappers.  They  were  afterwards  published 
in  volume  form. 

92  Extra  Illustrations  by  Joseph  Kenny 
Meadows,  1839. 

The  Nickleby  Gallery  containing 
twenty-four  Portraits.  Heads  from 
Nicholas  Nickleby  from  Drawings  by 
Miss  LaCreevy.  London:  Robert 
Tyas  .  .  .    [1839]. 

24  wood-engravings,  issued  in  six  parts  in 
pink  or  tan  wrappers. 

93  Nicholas  Nickleby.  A  Farce,  in  Two 
Acts.  Taken  from  the  popular  work 
of  that  name,  by  ''Boz".  By  Edward 
Stirling,  Esq  ...  As  performed  at 
the  Royal  Adelphi  Theatre  .  .  .  Illus- 
trated with  an  engraving,  by  Pierce 
Egan  the  Younger,  from  a  drawing 
taken  during  the  representation.  Lon- 

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don :  Chapman  and  Hall,  1 86,  Strand. 
[1838?]  (Webster's  Acting  Na- 
tional Drama.) 

Octavo.    Original  pink,  printed,  pictorial,  pa- 
per wrapper.    Frontispiece. 
This  play,  called  by  Forster  "an  indecent  as- 
sault", was   dedicated  to   Dickens,   and  was 
first  performed  on  November  19,  1838. 

94  Nicholas  Nickelbery.  Containing  the 
Adventures,  Mis-adventures,  Chances, 
Mis-Chances,  Fortunes,  Mis-for- 
tunes, Mys-teries,  Mis-eries,  and  Mis- 
cellaneous Manoeuvres  of  the  Family 
of  Nickelbery.  By  ^^Bos'\  Embel- 
lished with  forty-two  engravings. 
London:  Printed  and  published  by  E. 
Lloyl  (sic)    .  .   .    [1838] 

Octavo.     Issued   in  penny  weekly  numbers, 
and  fourpenny  monthly  parts.    Woodcuts. 
A  parody  of  the  story  and  characters  under 
slightly  changed  names. 

95  Scenes  from  the  Life  of  Nickleby 
Married  .  .  .  being  a  Sequel  to  the 
**Life  and  Adventures  of  Nicholas 
Nickleby,''  as  edited  by  ^^Boz'\  With 

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Illustrations    by    ''Quiz''.      London: 
John  Williams  .   .  .   1840. 

Octavo.  Issued  in  22  weekly  numbers  (in  18), 
with  green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers, 
some  of  which  bear  the  words,  "Edited  by 
'Guess* ",  instead  of  '*as  edited  by  *Boz'  '\ 
Plates  in  the  style  of  H.  K.  Browne. 
A  plagiaristic  attempt.  No.  i  contained  a  slip 
regarding  Nicholas  Nickleby. 

96  Two  "Nicholas  Nickleby  Valentines", 
representing  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Squeers. 


SKETCHES  OF  YOUNG 
COUPLES,  1840 

This  was  written  for  Chapman  and 
Hall,  and  published  without  Dick- 
ens's name,  as  a  companion  volume 
to  the  two  little  books  already 
brought  out  by  them,— Sketches  of 
Young  Ladles,  by  Quiz,  1837,  written 
by  E.  Caswell,  and  Sketches  of  Young 
Gentlemen,  1838,  by  Dickens.  A  sec- 
ond edition  appeared  the  same  year. 
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The  original  manuscript  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  South  Kensington 
Museum. 

97  Hablot  K.  Browne's  six  Original 
Drawings  for  the  plates  of  Sketches 
of  Young  Couples. 

Bound  in  a  copy  of  the  work. 

98  Sketches  |  Of  |  Young  Couples;  | 
With  An  I  Urgent  Remonstrance  To 
The  Gentlemen  Of  England  |  (Being 
Bachelors  Or  Widowers),  |  On  The 
Present  Alarming  Crisis.  |  By  |  The 
Author  of  **Sketches  Of  Young  Gen- 
tlemen". I  With  Six  Illustrations  |  By 
I  *Thiz".  I  London:  |  Chapman  And 
Hall,  186,  Strand.  |  MDCCCXL. 

Sixteenmo.    Original  blue  paper  boards,  with 
pictorial  design  by  H.  K.  Browne,  and  yellow 
end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  table  of  contents,  and  "An  Urgent  Re- 
monstrance'*, pp.  [i]-i2;  text,  pp.  [i3]-92; 
advertisements,  p.  [1-4].  6  plates  (including 
frontispiece)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 

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99  Sketches  |  Of  |  Young  Couples  & 
Young  Gentlemen.  |  By  ''Boz".  |  And 
Of  I  Young  Ladles.  |  By  '^Quiz.''  | 
With  Illustrations  By  'Thiz".  New 
York :  Scribner  And  Welford.    [n.d.] 

Duodecimo.  Original  red  cloth  binding,  with 
green  end-papers.  i8  plates. 
These  were  issued  collectively  in  England  in 
1843.  The  present  issue,  with  the  American 
title-page,  seems  to  be  the  first  American  edi- 
tion of  the  Sketches  of  Young  Couples. 
Sketches  of  Young  Gentlemen  was  published 
in  Philadelphia  in  1838. 


MASTER  HUMPHREY'S 
CLOCK,  1 840-1 841 

Master  Humphrey's  Clock  ap- 
peared in  eighty-eight  weekly  num- 
bers from  April  4,  1840,  to  Novem- 
ber 27,  1 841.  It  includes  Old  Curi- 
osity Shop,  Nos.  4-45,  and  Barnaby 
Rudge,  Nos.  46-87.  Of  the  former 
Forster  says,  that  he  never  knew 
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Dickens  to  end  a  story  with  such 
sorrowful  reluctance  as  this:  **It 
makes  me  very  melancholy*',  he 
wrote,  **to  think  that  all  these  people 
are  lost  to  me  forever,  and  I  feel  as 
if  I  never  could  become  attached  to 
any  new  set  of  characters''.  Dickens's 
original  plan  for  Master  Humphrey's 
Clock  was  to  make  the  serial  work 
consist  of  short  stories  and  essays 
from  his  pen,  but  finding  that  this  was 
not  a  success,  he  began  Old  Curiosity 
Shop  in  No.  4,  following  it  with  Bar- 
naby  Rudge,  for  the  historical  por- 
tions of  which  he  made  careful  re- 
search at  the  British  Museum.  Late 
in  1839,  Dickens  had  moved  from 
Doughty  Street  to  a  large  house  at 
No.  I,  Devonshire  Terrace,  and  much 
of  these  tales  was  written  there  and 
at  Broadstairs,  where  he  spent  many 
summers. 

The  work  was  also  issued  in 
twenty  monthly  numbers,  and  then 
published  in  book  form.  Both  novels 
were  issued  separately,  from  the  un- 

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sold  sheets  without  the  preliminary 
matter.  The  illustrations  are  wood- 
cuts, instead  of  the  etchings  hitherto 
used  in  Dickens's  works.  H.  K. 
Browne  is  said  to  have  prepared  three 
blocks  for  the  work  which  were  not 
used,  though  Dexter  considers  that 
only  one  of  them  was  intended  for  it. 
In  the  work  of  illustration,  Dickens 
invited  George  Cattermole,  noted  for 
his  scenes  from  mediaeval  history, 
and  Daniel  Maclise  to  cooperate  with 
Hablot  K.  Browne.  Maclise,  the 
genial  Irish  artist,  had  studied  at  the 
Royal  Academy  schools,  and  achieved 
success  as  a  painter  of  Shakespearian 
scenes,  when  in  1836  he  was  intro- 
duced by  John  Forster  to  Dickens, 
and  from  that  time  the  three  were 
fast  friends.  Probably  owing  to  the 
stress  of  other  work,  Maclise  made 
only  one  illustration  (Little  Nell  and 
the  Sexton,  in  Old  Curiosity  Shop 
Vol.  II,  p.  108).  The  woodcut  in 
Vol.  I,  p.  46,  is  signed  by  Samuel 
Williams,  who  is  thought,  by  Kitton, 
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to  have  engraved  it  from  Catter- 
mole's  design. 

Most  of  the  original  manuscript  of 
Master  Humphrey's  Clock  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  South  Kensington 
Museum. 

99a.  Hablot  K.  Browne's  Original 
Drawings  for  several  of  his  illustra- 
tions for  Master  Humphrey's  Clock. 

100  Master  Humphrey's  Clock.  |  By 
Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations 
I  By  I  George  Cattermole  And  Hab- 
lot Browne.  |  Vol.  I  |  [Vols.  II-III.] 
I  London:  |  Chapman  And  Hall,  186, 
Strand.  |  MDCCCXL-[MDCCC- 
XLI] 

Octavo.     In  88  weekly  numbers    (arranged 
for  three  volumes),  as  issued,  with  original 
white,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Vol.  I.  1840.  Frontispiece  and 
title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  [2  unnumbered 
leaves] ;  dedication  to  Samuel  Rogers  [on  p. 
3  of  white  wrapper,  verso  blank] ;  preface, 
pp.  [iii]-iv;  text,  pp.  [i]-3o6.  55  woodcuts 
by  Browne  and  Cattermole. 

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Vol.  II.  1 841.  Frontispiece,  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  and  preface,  pp.  [i]~vi;  text, 
PP*  [i]-3o6.  50  woodcuts  by  Browne,  Cat- 
termole  and  Maclise. 

Vol.  III.  1 841.  Frontispiece,  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  and  preface  to  Barnaby 
Rudge,  pp.  [i]-vi;  text,  pp.  [i]-426.  63 
woodcuts  by  Browne  and  Cattermole. 
The  preliminary  leaves  for  the  three  vol- 
umes are  found  in  Nos.  26,  52,  and  88. 

loi   Master  Humphrey's  Clock  [etc.,  as 

in  No.  100]. 

In  20  monthly  numbers,  with  green,  printed, 
pictorial  paper  wrappers. 

102  The  Old  Curiosity  Shop  .  .  .  London: 

Chapman  And  Hall  .  .  .  1841. 

As  issued  separately,  from  the  unsold  sheets. 
Mrs.  Smithson's  copy,  with  letter  from  Dick- 
ens inserted. 

103  Little  Nell.  Ballad,  the  Words  by 
Miss  Charlotte  Young,  the  Music 
...  by  George  Linley.  London, 
Published  by  Cramer,  Beale  &  Co  .  .  . 
Folio.    Title,  and  5  pp.  of  music. 

104  Barnaby  Rudge  .  .  .  London:  Chap- 
man And  Hall  .  .  .  1841. 

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THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

As  issued  separately,  from  the  unsold  sheets. 
Mrs.  Smithson's  copy,  with  letter  from  Dick- 
ens inserted. 


105  The  Original  Agreement,  signed  by 
Thomas  Langdale,  for  the  purchase 
of  premises  in  Holborn  for  his  busi- 
ness as  a  distiller,  which  premises 
were  afterwards  burned  in  the  Gor- 
don Riots,  as  described  in  Barnaby 
Rudge,  where  Langdale  is  mentioned 
by  name. 

Folio.  The  Agreement  is  dated,  October  2, 
1772,  and  is  signed  also  by  Morphew  Yerra- 
way,  the  vendor. 

106  Extra  Illustrations  to  Master  Hum- 
phrey's Clock  by  Thomas  Sibson, 
1840-41. 

Illustrations  of  Master  Humphrey's 
Clock,  in  seventy  [-two]  Plates,  de- 
signed and  etched  on  steel.  By 
Thomas  Sibson.  The  Old  Curiosity 
Shop.— Barnaby  Rudge.  [Vignette] 
London:  Robert  Tyas  .  .  .  MDCCC- 
XLII. 

72  plates,  with  title  and  list  of  illustrations, 
75 


THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

issued  in  1840-41  in  18  parts  in  green  wrap- 
pers, and  afterwards  in  two  volumes,  1842. 
The  present  copy  has  several  of  the  original 
wrappers  bound  in. 


107  Extra  Illustrations  by  *^ Jacob  Paral- 
ltV\  1840-41. 

Jacob  ParallePs  Hands  to  Master 
Humphrey's  Clock:  or,  Sketches 
from  the  Clock  Case.  London;  G. 
Berger  .  .  .    [1840-41.] 

12  etchings  on  steel,  issued  in  two  parts  with 
green  wrappers.  Many  of  the  plates  bear 
remarques. 

108  Extra  Illustrations  by  T.  C.  Wilson, 
n.d. 

Illustrations  to  Master  Humphrey's 
Clock. 

4  lithographs,  issued  without  a  wrapper,  and 
with  the  title  as  above,  followed  by  the  num- 
ber of  the  plate  at  the  top  of  each  lithograph. 
Two  of  them  are  signed  "T.  C.  W.*' 

109  Extra    Illustrations    by    Hablot    K. 
Browne,  1848-49. 

a.  Four  Plates  engraved  under  the 
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superintendence  of  Hablot  K.  Browne 
and  Robert  Young,  to  illustrate  the 
first  Cheap  Edition  of  *The  Old 
Curiosity  Shop'\  Published  with  the 
approbation  of  Mr.  Charles  Dickens. 
London;  Chapman  and  Hall  .  .  . 
1848. 

b.  Four  Plates  engraved  under  the 
superintendence  of  Hablot  K.  Browne 
and  Robert  Young,  to  illustrate  the 
Cheap  Edition  of  ^'Barnaby  Rudge''. 
Published  with  the  approbation  of 
Mr.  Charles  Dickens.  London: 
Chapman  and  Hall  .  .  .   1849. 

2  sets  of  4  stipple  engravings  each,  issued  in 
green  wrappers. 

In  the  present  instance,  each  plate  is  repre- 
sented in  two  states  of  India  proofs,  one  with, 
and  the  other  without,  the  publishers'  names. 
They  are  accompanied  by  a  proof  on  Japan 
paper  of  the  design  for  the  cover,  and  re- 
marque  proofs  of  portraits  of  Little  Nell  and 
Dolly  Varden,  engraved  by  Edwin  Rofle, 
from  hitherto  unpublished  drawings  by  H.  K. 
Browne,  and  published  in  1889. 

iio  .  .  .  Master  Humphrey's  Clock;   a 
domestic  Drama  ...  By  Frederick 

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Fox  Cooper  ...  As  performed  at 
the  London  Theatres.  London: 
Printed  and  published  by  J.  Dun- 
combe  &  Co  .  .  .  [n.d.]  (Dun- 
combe's  Acting  Edition  of  the  British 
Theatre.) 

Sixteenmo.  Original  green,  printed,  pictorial, 
paper  wrapper.    Frontispiece  by  Findlay. 

Ill  Master  Timothy's  Book-case;  or, 
The  Magic  Lanthorn  of  the  World. 
By  George  W.  M.  Reynolds  .  .  .  New 
edition  .  .  .  London :  Published  at  the 
Office  of  ^^Reynolds's  Miscellany''  .  .  . 

1847. 

Octavo.       Original     green     cloth     binding. 

Woodcuts. 

This  imitation  was  first  published  in  1842. 


THE  PIC  NIC  PAPERS, 

1841 

John  Macrone,  Dickens's  first  pub- 
lisher, had  died,  leaving  his  wife  and 
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children  in  great  poverty.  Dickens 
edited  this  work,  consisting  of  volun- 
tary contributions  by  some  of  the 
greatest  writers  of  the  day,  in  order 
to  help  them,  the  sum  of  £300  being 
realized  for  Mrs.  Macrone.  Dick- 
ens's own  contribution  was  The 
Lamplighter's  Story  (Vol.  I,  pp. 
[i]-32),  adapted  from  a  play  which 
he  had  written  for  Macready,  but 
which  was  not  published  until  after 
his  death  (see  No.  229).  The  third 
volume  was  not  edited  by  Dickens. 

112  The  I  Pic  Nic  Papers.  |  By  Various 
Hands.  |  Edited  By  |  Charles  Dick- 
ens, Esq.  I  Author  Of  |  *The  Pickwick 
Papers,"  ^^Nicholas  Nickleby,"  &c.  | 
With  Illustrations  by  George  Cruik- 
shank.  Phiz,  &c.  |  In  Three  Volumes. 
I  Vol.  I.  [Vols.  II  &  III]  I  London:  | 
Henry  Colburn,  Publisher,  |  Great 
Marlborough  Street.  |  MDCCCXLI 

Octavo.      Three   volumes,    in   original    light 
green  cloth  binding,  with  yellow  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

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Collation:  Vol.  I:  Title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  introduction,  table  of  contents  and 
list  of  illustrations,  pp.  [i-vii]  ;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
323.  Frontispiece  and  3  plates  by  George 
Cruikshank  and  H.  K.  Browne. 
Vol.  II:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  and 
table  of  contents,  [2  unnumbered  leaves] ; 
text,  pp.  [i]-298.  Frontispiece  and  3  plates 
by  H.  K.  Browne. 

Vol.  Ill:  Title  (with  table  of  contents  and 
imprint  on  verso)  [pne  unnumbered  leaf] ; 
text  (including  half-titles),  pp.  [i]-378. 
Frontispiece  and  5  plates  by  R.  J.  Hammer- 
ton. 


AMERICAN  NOTES, 

1842 

On  January  3,  1842,  Dickens  sailed 
for  America,  where  he  was  welcomed 
enthusiastically,  as  the  letters  of  wel- 
come, invitations,  and  newspaper  ar- 
ticles preserved  in  the  Forster  Collec- 
tion at  the  South  Kensington  Museum 
go  to  prove.  He  returned  in  June, 
and  in  the  following  October  pub- 
lished his  impressions  of  the  country. 
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The  work  was  so  popular  in  England 
that  four  editions  were  published  be- 
fore the  end  of  the  year,  but  his  frank 
criticisms  of  American  manners  were 
not  pleasing  in  this  country.  During 
his  second  visit,  in  1868,  he  an- 
nounced at  a  public  dinner  that  all  fu- 
ture editions  of  American  Notes  and 
Martin  Chuzzlewit  (which  also  con- 
tained unfriendly  comment)  should 
contain  a  postscript  expressing  his 
**honest  testimony  to  the  national  gen- 
erosity and  magnanimity".  This  post- 
script, under  the  title,  A  Debt  of 
Honor,  appeared  in  All  the  Year 
Round,  on  June  6,  1868. 

In  the  first  issue  of  American 
Notes,  the  pagination  of  the  prelimi- 
nary matter  of  the  first  volume  allows 
for  sixteen  pages,  while  there  are  but 
ten,  the  mistake  being  caused  by  the 
cancellation  of  a  preliminary  chapter 
without  the  necessary  correction  of 
the  pagination.  The  suppressed  chap- 
ter was  printed  by  Forster  in  his  Life 
of  Dickens. 

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The  original  manuscript  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  South  Kensington 
Museum. 


113  American  Notes  |  For  |  General  Cir- 
culation. I  By  Charles  Dickens.  |  In 
Two  Volumes.  |  Vol.  I.  |  [Vol.  II]  | 
London:  |  Chapman  And  Hall,  186 
Strand.  |  MDCCCXLII. 

Octavo.  Two  volumes,  in  original  purple 
cloth  binding,  with  yellow  end-papers.  With 
presentation  inscription  from  Dickens  to 
Thomas  Carlyle,  and  Carlyle's  book-plate  and 
signature. 

First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  last  page 
of  "Contents"  numbered  "xvi". 

Collation:  Vol.  I:  One  leaf  (with  publish- 
er's advertisement  on  verso),  half-title,  title 
(with  imprint  on  verso),  dedication  to  Dick- 
ens's friends  in  America,  "who  .  .  .  loving  their 
country  can  bear  the  truth  when  it  is  told  good- 
humouredly,  and  in  a  kind  spirit",  and  table  of 
contents,  pp.  [i]-x  (wrongly  numbered  xvi) ; 
half-title,  p.  [xi],  verso  blank;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
308. 

Vol.  II:  Half-title,  title,  and  table  of  con- 
tents, pp.  [i]-vii;  text  (including  half-titles 
to  chapters),  pp.  [i]-3o6;  advertisements,  pp. 
[307-312]. 

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Change  for  the  American  Notes:  in 
Letters  from  London  to  New  York. 
By  an  American  Lady.  **Look  here 
upon  this  picture  and  on  this.^^  Lon- 
don: Wiley  &  Putnam  .  .  .  1843  .  .  . 

Octavo.     Original  violet  cloth  binding,  with 

yellow  end-papers. 

This  has  been  attributed  to  Henry  Wood. 


A  CHRISTMAS  CAROL, 
1843 

Written  at  Devonshire  Terrace  at 
odd  moments  during  the  creation  of 
two  numbers  of  Martin  Chuzzlewit, 
the  Christmas  Carol  took  a  strong 
hold  upon  its  author,  who  wrote  that, 
in  its  composition,  he  wept  over  it, 
**and  laughed  and  wept  again,  and  ex- 
cited himself  in  a  most  extraordinary 
manner".  On  its  publication,  at 
Christmas  time,  its  popularity  and  the 
influence  that  it  exerted  were  remark- 

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able,  cheering  Dickens  In  his  discour- 
agement over  the  somewhat  disap- 
pointing reception  of  the  first  numbers 
of  Chuzzlewlt. 

John  Leech's  services  were  engaged 
as  Illustrator  of  the  Carol.  Leech 
was  then  twenty-six  years  old,  and  for 
two  years  had  been  contributing 
drawings  to  Punch,  of  which  he  was 
soon  to  become  the  leading  spirit. 
Of  a  gentle  and  kindly  humorous  dis- 
position, he  thoroughly  entered  Into 
the  spirit  of  the  Christmas  Stories, 
and  became  their  chief  Illustrator. 
For  the  Carol  he  prepared  eight  de- 
signs, four  of  them  being  etchings 
which  were  afterwards  colored  by 
hand,  and  the  others,  woodcuts  which 
were  engraved  by  W.  J.  Linton. 

This  first  Christmas  book  was  fol- 
lowed by  four  others,— The  Chimes, 
1845,  (No.  131)  ;  The  Cricket  on  the 
Hearth,  1846,  (No.  135) ;  The  Bat- 
tle of  Life,  1846,  (No.  149);  and 
The  Haunted  Man  and  the  Ghost's 
Bargain,  1848,  (No.  162). 

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115  Original  Manuscript  of  A  Christmas 
Carol. 

Quarto.    Title-page,  preface,  and  66  pp. 
At  the  foot  of  the  title-page,  Dickens  has 
written  "My  own  and  only  Ms.  of  the  Book. 
Charles  Dickens". 

This  is  accompanied  by  a  facsimile  reproduc- 
tion, published  by  Brentano,  in  1890. 

116  John  Leech's  Original  Water-color 
Sketch  for  plate,  The  Last  of  the 
Spirits. 

117  A  Christmas  Carol.  |  In  Prose.  |  Be- 
ing I  A  Ghost  Story  of  Christmas.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Illustra- 
tions By  John  Leech.  |  London:  | 
Chapman  &  Hall,  186,  Strand.  | 
MDCCCXLIII. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  reddish  brown  cloth 
binding,  with  gilt  design  on  cover  and  back, 
gilt  edges  and  green  end-papers. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  title 
printed  in  red  and  blue,  and  "Stave  I"  on  p.  i 
of  text. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  preface,  and  table  of  contents,  [4  un- 
numbered leaves];  text,  pp.  [i]-i66;  Adver- 

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tisements,  pp.    [167-168].     4  colored  plates 
and  4  woodcuts  by  John  Leech. 


118  Another  Copy,  identical  with  the  pre- 
ceding in  all  respects,  except  that  the 
end-papers  are  yellow. 

John  Forster's  copy,  now  in  the  South  Ken- 
sington Museum,  is  identical  with  this. 

119  A  Christmas  Carol  [etc.,  as  in  No. 

117]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  title 
printed  in  red  and  blue,  "Stave  One"  on  p.  i 
of  text,  and  yellow  end-papers. 

120  A  Christmas  Carol  [etc.,  as  in  No. 
117]  London:  |  Chapman  &  Hall, 
186,  Strand.  |  MDCCCXLIV. 

Another  issue,  with  later  title-page,  printed  in 
red  and  green.  "Stave  I"  as  in  No.  117. 
There  are  in  existence  too  many  copies  of  this 
variant  to  encourage  our  belief  in  the  old 
theory  that  a  few  were  struck  off  to  enable 
the  author  to  determine  which  style  was  pref- 
erable. It  seems  permissible  to  suppose  that, 
the  mistake  of  "Stave  I'*  having  been  cor- 
rected while  the  book  was  going  through  the 
press,  in  the  haste  of  printing  the  six  thou- 
sand copies  which  were  sold  on  the  day  of 

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issue,  the  new  sheets  were  laid  on  the  top  of 
the  pile  waiting  to  be  gathered.  A  new  title- 
page,  dated  1844,  having  been  printed  before 
the  last  sheets  were  used,  those  at  the  bottom 
of  the  pile,  with  the  mistake  uncorrected, 
were  naturally  bound  up  with  it. 

121  A  I  Christmas  Carol.  |  In  Prose.  |  Be- 
ing I  A  Ghost  Story  of  Christmas.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Illustra- 
tions By  John  Leech.  |  Philadelphia : 
I  Carey  &  Hart.  |  1844. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  blue  cloth  binding,  with 
gilt  design  on  back  in  facsimile  of  the  original 
edition,  and  white  end-papers.  4  colored 
lithographs  and  4  woodcuts. 
This  early  American  edition  is  very  similar  to 
the  original.  The  title  is  printed  in  red  and 
blue,  and  the  colored  plates  are  reproduced 
by  lithography.  The  woodcuts  are  separate 
plates,  instead  of  being  printed  in  the  text. 
All  the  "staves"  are  numbered  by  Roman  nu- 
merals. 

For  songs  founded  on  A  Christmas  Carol,  see 
No.  278. 


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A  WORD  IN  SEASON, 
1844 

Dickens  contributed  this  poem  to 
The  Keepsake,  the  fashionable  An- 
nual, edited  by  Lady  Blessington.  It 
is  included  in  his  Plays  and  Poems, 
1882. 

122  The  I  Keepsake  |  For  |  MDCCC- 
XLIV.  I  Edited  By  |  The  Countess 
Of  Blessington.  |  London:  |  Long- 
man, Brown,  Green,  And  Longmans. 
I  New  York:  Appleton  And  Co.  | 
Paris :  L.  Curmer  .  .  .   | 

Octavo.     Original  pink  watered  silk  binding, 
with    yellow    end-papers.      Frontispiece,    en- 
graved title  and  plates. 
A  Word  in  Season,  pp.  73-74. 

123  Autograph  Letter  from  Dickens  to 
the  Countess  of  Blessington,  dated 
July  5,  1843,  referring  to  his  promise 
of  a  contribution:  **If  I  can  think  of 


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anything,  though  it  be  but  a  scrap  of 
rhyme,  I  will  send  it  you  by  the  end 
of  the  week''. 


MARTIN  CHUZZLEWIT, 

1844 

Martin  ChuzzleWit  was  issued  in 
monthly     numbers     from     January, 

1843,  to  July,  1844,  and  appeared  in 
one  volume,  bound  in  green  cloth,  in 

1844.  The  sale  of  the  early  num- 
bers was  slow  and  discouraging,  al- 
though, in  later  years,  it  stood  next  to 
Pickwick  Papers  and  David  Copper- 
field  in  popularity.  Incensed  by  the 
reception  of  American  Notes  in  this 
country,  Dickens  introduced  further 
criticisms  in  Chuzzlewit,  although  he 
added  a  postscript,  softening  their 
severity,  to  editions  published  after 
his  second  visit  to  America  in  1868. 

A  curious  mistake  occurred  in  the 
engraved  title,  where  **£ioo",  on 
the     signboard    is    made     to     read 

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'*ioo£.''  This  was  changed,  or  another 
plate  was  made,  reading  *^£ioo/' 
Others  of  the  illustrations,  which 
were  etched  on  quarto  plates,  two  on 
each  plate,  show  variations  in  differ- 
ent copies,  five  of  them  having  been 
etched  three  times,  and  the  remainder 
twice. 

1 24  Announcement  of  Martin  Chuzzlewit. 
Octavo.    4  pp. 

125  The  I  Life  And  Adventures  |  Of  | 
Martin  Chuzzlewit.  |  By  Charles 
Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations  By  Phiz. 
I  London:  |  Chapman  And  Hall,  186, 
Strand.  |  MDCCCXLIV. 

Octavo.  In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the  last  a  double  number),  with  original, 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Browne,  and  advertisements. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition  (so-called), 
with  "£"  mark  after  the  figures  on  the  sign- 
board in  engraved  title. 
Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint 
on  verso),  dedication  to  Miss  Burdett 
Coutts,  preface,  table  of  contents,  and  list  of 
plates,  pp.  [i]-xiv;  errata,  p.  [xv] ;  text,  pp. 

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[i]-624.  40  plates  (including  frontispiece 
and  engraved  title)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 
The  preliminary  leaves  were  issued  with  the 
joint  Nos.  19-20,  in  which  are  also  4  plates, 
the  remaining  numbers  containing  2  plates 
each. 

126  The  I  Life  And  Adventures  |  Of  | 
Martin  Chuzzlewit.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations  By  Phiz. 
I  New- York :  |  Published  By  Harper 
&  Brothers,  |  No.  82  Cliff-Street.  | 
1844. 

Octavo.  In  7  numbers,  as  issued,  with  orig- 
inal green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers 
(the  wrapper  of  No.  i  is  white).  14  plates. 
Probably  the  first  American  edition.  At  the 
top  of  the  covers  is  printed:  **To  be  com- 
pleted in  seven  parts,  at  6%  cents,  each  part 
containing  three  numbers  of  the  English  edi- 
tion with  two  steel  engravings." 
Lea  and  Blanchard  of  Philadelphia  also  pub- 
lished an  early  edition  of  Martin  Chuzzlewit. 
For  programmes  of  play  founded  upon  Mar- 
tin Chuzzlewit,  see  No.  278. 

127  Extra  illustrations  to  Martin  Chuz- 
zlewit, by  '*Kyd''  (Joseph  Clayton 
Clark). 

18  water-color  drawings. 

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128  Leven  et  Lotgevallen  van  Maarten 
Chuzzlewit  .  .  .  naar  het  Engelsch 
van  Charles  Dickens  .  .  .  Te  Am- 
sterdam, bij  Hendrik  Frljllnk.  1843 
[-44]. 

Octavo.  In  21  numbers  (arranged  for  3  vol- 
umes) as  issued,  with  light  blue,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrappers.    Plates. 


EVENINGS  OF  A  WORKING 
MAN,  1844 

Dickens  edited  these  stories  by  John 
Overs,  a  poor  carpenter  dying  of  con- 
sumption, and  wrote  a  preface  of 
eight  and  a  half  pages  relative  to  the 
author.  His  attention  was  first  called 
to  the  writer  by  his  friend  Dr.  Elliot- 
son,  to  whom  the  work  is  dedicated. 

129  Evenings  |  Of  |  A  Working  Man,  | 
Being  The  Occupation  Of  |  His 
Scanty  Leisure:  |  By  John  Overs.  | 
With  A  Preface  Relative  To  The 
Author.  I  By  Charles  Dickens.  |  Lon- 
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don:  I  T.  C.  Newby,  72  Mortimer 
Street,  |  Cavendish  Square.  |  1844. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    brown   cloth   binding, 
with  gilt  edges  and  yellow  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title,  [i  unnumbered  leaf] ; 
title  printed  in  blue  and  red  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  to  Dr.  Elliotson  and  pref- 
ace, pp.  [i]-xiii  (verso  blank) ;  table  of  con- 
tents, p.  xiv  (verso  blank) ;  text,  pp.  [i]-205; 
advertisements,  pp.  [206-208]. 


THE  CHIMES,  1845 

This  is  Dickens's  second  Christmas 
book,  and  was  written  in  Italy,  **at  a 
time  when  he  was  longing  for  the 
streets  of  London  at  night".  *^Some- 
thing  powerful  I  think  I  can  do",  he 
wrote,  **but  I  want  to  be  tender  too, 
and  cheerful ;  as  like  the  Carol  in  that 
respect  as  may  be,  and  as  unlike  it  as 
such  a  thing  can  be".  Wishing  to  try 
its  effect  upon  his  friends,  he  made  a 
hurried  trip  to  London,  and  read  it 
to  a  few  of  them  gathered  at  Fors- 
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ter's  house  on  December  3.  The 
reading,  which  was  commemorated 
by  the  well-known  drawing  by  Mac- 
lise,  was  also  notable  as  the  forerun- 
ner of  his  public  readings.  Though 
issued  late  in  1844,  the  book  was 
dated  1845. 

For  the  illustration  of  The  Chimes 
it  was  decided  to  depart  from  the 
plan  of  the  Christmas  Carol,  and 
gain  variety  by  engaging  more  than 
one  artist,  though  John  Leech  contin- 
ued to  be  the  principal  illustrator, 
contributing  five  designs.  Maclise 
furnished  two,  while  two  new  artists 
were  added  to  the  list  of  Dickens's 
illustrators.  Richard  Doyle,  son  of 
the  caricaturist,  John  Doyle,  and  al- 
ready noted  for  his  fanciful  designs 
of  elves,  goblins  and  fairies,  fur- 
nished four  drawings  for  the  initial 
pages  of  the  chapters,  and  Clarkson 
Stanfield,  the  greatest  marine  painter 
of  his  time,  a  member  of  the  Royal 
Academy  and  Dickens's  intimate 
friend,  readily  granted  the  author's 

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request  for  assistance  by  providing 
two  drawings,  for  which  he  refused 
to  accept  payment. 

The  original  manuscript  of  The 
Chimes  is  in  the  possession  of  the 
South  Kensington  Museum. 

130  John  Leech's  Original  Drawings  for 
five  illustrations  of  The  Chimes. 
Bound  in  a  copy  of  the  first  edition. 

131  The  Chimes:  |  A  Goblin  Story  | 
Of  I  Some  Bells  That  Rang  An  Old 
Year  Out  |  And  A  New  Year  In.  | 
By  Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  | 
Chapman  And  Hall,  186,  Strand.  | 
MDCCCXLV. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  red  cloth  binding,  with 
gilt  design  on  cover  and  back,  gilt  edges  and 
yellow  end-papers. 

First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  the  names 
of  the  publishers  engraved  upon  the  cloud  in 
the  lower  part  of  the  engraved  title. 
Collation:  Advertisement  of  A  Christmas 
Carol,  half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
and  list  of  illustrations,  [4  unnumbered 
leaves];  text,  pp.  [i]-i75  (with  imprint  on 
verso).     Frontispiece,  engraved  title  and   11 

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woodcuts  by  Maclise,  Doyle,  Leech  and  S tan- 
field. 

Johnson  speaks  of  a  unique  copy  with  many 
of  the  woodcuts  not  printed  in  the  spaces  left 
for  them,  and  the  lower  part  of  the  woodcut 
on  p.  125  differing  from  that  in  the  published 
work,  showing  a  misapprehension  on  the  part 
of  John  Leech,  the  illustrator. 
Copies  in  yellow  boards  of  this  and  others  of 
the  Christmas  books  belong  to  "remainder" 
editions. 

132  Another  Copy,  with  presentation  in- 
scription from  Dickens  to  his  son, 
Charles  Dickens,  Jr. 

133  The  Chimes  [etc.,  as  in  No.  131]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  the 
names  of  the  publishers  in  open  letters  at  the 
lower  edge  of  the  engraved  title. 

134  The  Chimes  Quadrille,  Composed 
for  the  Musical  Bouquet.  Most  re- 
spectfully Inscribed  to  Charles  Dick- 
ens, Esqre  [London,  n.d.] 

Folio.  [4]  pp.  With  lithographed  title,  simi- 
lar to  the  engraved  title  of  The  Chimes. 


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THE  CRICKET  ON  THE 
HEARTH,  1846 

Dickens  had  contemplated  founding 
a  weekly  periodical,  to  be  called  The 
Cricket,  intended  to  *^put  everybody 
in  good  temper,  and  make  such  a  dash 
at  people's  fenders  and  arm-chairs  as 
hasn't  been  made  for  many  a  long 
day,"  and  his  third  Christmas  Story 
was  the  outcome  of  this  idea.  It  had 
the  same  illustrators  as  The  Chimes, 
with  the  addition  of  a  woodcut  of 
Boxer,  the  dog,  from  a  design  by  Sir 
Edwin  Landseer,  for  whom  Dickens 
had  the  greatest  admiration  and  per- 
sonal regard.  Leech,  Doyle,  Stan- 
field  and  Maclise  contributed  seven, 
three,  one  and  two  illustrations  re- 
spectively. 

Though  dated  1846,  the  book  was 
published  in  December,  1845,  and  is 
the  only  publication  of  that  year.  It 
met   with   enormous   success,    and   a 

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dramatization  was  published  at  once 
by  Albert  Smith  and  performed  at 
the  Lyceum  Theatre.  The  work 
marks  the  beginning  of  Dickens's  con- 
nection with  Bradbury  and  Evans  as 
his  publishers,  instead  of  Chapman 
and  Hall. 

The  original  manuscript  is  in  the 
possession  of  Miss  Hogarth,  Dick- 
ens's sister-in-law. 

135  The  I  Cricket  On  The  Hearth.  |  A  | 
Fairy  Tale  Of  Home.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  London:  |  Printed  And 
Published  For  The  Author,  |  By 
Bradbury  And  Evans,  90  Fleet  Street, 
I  And  Whitefriars.  |  MDCCCXLVL 

Sixteenmo.     Original  red  cloth  binding,  with 
gilt  design  on  cover  and  back,  gilt  edges,  and 
yellow  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  to  Lord  Jeffrey,  and  list  of 
illustrations,  [4  unnumbered  leaves] ;  text  ; 
pp.  [i]-i74;  advertisements,  pp.  [175-176]. 
Frontispiece,  engraved  title,  and  12  woodcuts 
by  Maclise,  Doyle,  Stanfield,  Leech,  and 
Landseer. 

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136  The  I  Cricket  On  The  Hearth.  |  A 

Fairy  Tale  Of  Home.  |  By  |  Charles 

Dickens.    |   New-York:   |   Harper  & 

Brothers,  Publishers,  |  82  Cliff  Street. 

I  1846. 

Octavo.       Original    brown,     printed,    paper 
wrapper. 

137  The  entirely  new  and  original  Drama, 

in  three  parts,  entitled  The  Cricket  on 

the  Hearth  A  Fairy  Tale  of  Home. 

Dramatized  by  Albert   Smith   .   .    . 

From  early  Proofs  of  the  Work,  by 

the  express  permission  of  the  Author, 

Charles  Dickens,  Esq.  As  performed 

at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Lyceum  .  .  . 

London:   Printed   and  published  by 

W.S.Johnson  .  .  .    [1845]. 

Duodecimo.    Original  cream-colored,  printed, 
paper  wrapper,  dated  1845. 

138  The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth,  A  Fairy 
Tale  of  Home.  By  Edward  Stirling, 
Esq  ...  as  performed  at  the  The- 
atre Royal,  Adelphi.  Correctly 
printed  from  the  Prompter's   Copy 

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.  .  .  splendidly  illustrated  with  an 
etching,  by  Mr.  G.  Dorrington,  taken 
during  the  representation  of  the  piece. 
London:  Published  at  the  National 
Acting  Drama  Office  .  .  .  [n.d.] 
(Webster's  Acting  National  Drama, 
No.  124.) 

Duodecimo.    Original  cream-colored,  printed, 

paper  wrapper.    Frontispiece. 

First  performed  on  December  31,  1845. 

139  The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth  A  Fairy 
Tale  of  Home  In  Three  Chirps 
Adapted  from  Mr.  Charles  Dickens's 
popular  Story.  London:  Thomas 
Hailes  Lacy  .  .  .  [n.d.]  (Lacy's 
Acting  Edition.) 

Duodecimo.  Original  yellow,  printed,  paper 
wrapper.    Frontispiece  by  T.  H.  Jones. 

140  The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth  A  Fairy 
Tale  of  Home  In  Three  Chirps 
Adapted  from  Mr.  Charles  Dickens's 
popular  Story.  London:  Samuel 
French  .  .  .  New  York:  Samuel 
French  &  Son  .  .  .  [n.d.]  (French's 
Acting  Edition.) 

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Duodecimo.     Original  yellow,  printed,  paper 

wrapper. 

For  programme  of  play,  The  Cricket  on  the 

Hearth,  see  No.  278. 

141  Das  Heimchen  auf  dem  Herde.  Eine 
Elfengeschichte  von  Charles  Dickens. 
Illustriert  von  Conrad  Beckmann. 
Leipzig  Verlag  von  Adolf  Titze. 
[n.d.] 

Folio.      Original    red    cloth    binding,    gold- 
stamped.    Woodcuts. 


PICTURES  FROM  ITALY, 

1846 

In  July,  1844,  the  Dickens  family  left 
England  for  Italy,  remaining  there 
for  a  year,  Dickens  making  a  short 
visit  to  London  in  December,  for  the 
purpose  of  reading  The  Chimes  to  his 
friends.  In  January,  1846,  he  became 
the  first  editor  of  the  Daily  News, 
contributing  a  letter  descriptive  of  his 
Italian  travels  to  the  first  number, 

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January  21.  He  resigned  the  editor- 
ship in  February,  but  continued  his 
Italian  letters  until  March  2,  under 
the  title,  Travelling  Letters,  written 
on  the  Road.  The  seven  sketches 
were  published  in  book  form  under 
the  title,  Pictures  from  Italy,  five 
chapters  being  added  from  Dickens's 
letters  to  Forster. 

A  portion  of  the  original  manu- 
script is  in  the  possession  of  the  South 
Kensington  Museum. 

142  The  Daily  News  for  January  21- 
March  2,  1846,  in  which  the  Pictures 
from  Italy  first  appeared  under  the 
title,  Travelling  Letters. 

143  Pictures  from  Italy.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  The  Vignette  Illustrations 
on  Wood,  by  Samuel  Palmer.  | 
[Vignette]  |  London:  |  Published 
For  The  Author,  |  By  Bradbury  & 
Evans,  Whitefriars.  1   MDCCCXL- 

vi. 

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Duodecimo.    Original  bright  blue  cloth  bind- 
ing,  with   yellow    end-papers.      Presentation 
copy  to  W.  C.  Kent,  with  inscription  in  Dick- 
ens's autograph  pasted  to  inside  cover. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Advertisements,  half-title,  title 
(with  imprint  on  verso),  and  table  of  con- 
tents, [4  unnumbered  leaves];  text,  pp.  [i- 
270];  advertisements,  pp.  [271-272].  Title 
vignette  and  three  woodcuts  by  Samuel 
Palmer. 

144  Another  Copy,  with  presentation  in- 
scription from  Dickens  to  Douglas 
Jerrold. 

145  Another  Copy,  interleaved,  with  an- 
notations by  Richard  Heme  Shep- 
herd showing  the  differences  between 
the  articles  as  issued  in  the  papers 
and  as  issued  In  book  form. 

146  Travelling  Letters.  |  Written  On  The 
Road.  I  By  Charles  Dickens.  |  New- 
York:  I  Wiley  &  Putnam,  161  Broad- 
way. I  1846. 

Duodecimo.  Part  I,  in  brown,  printed,  paper 
wrapper.  "Wiley  and  Putnam's  Library  of 
Choice  Reading". 

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Probably  the  only  separate  edition  of  these 
letters  as  they  appeared  in  The  Daily  News. 
As  they  were  taken  directly  from  the  news- 
paper, it  is  possible  that  their  appearance  pre- 
ceded that  of  Pictures  from  Italy.  A  second 
part,  containing  the  four  remaining  letters 
is  said  to  have  been  issued.  The  lettering  on 
the  back  of  Part  I  shows  that  the  original 
intention  was  that  the  book  should  be  thicker. 

147  Facts  &  Figures  from  Italy.  By  Don 
Jeremy  Savonarola,  Benedictine 
Monk,  addressed  during  the  last  two 
winters  to  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.  be- 
ing an  Appendix  to  his  **Pictures". 
London:  Richard  Bentley  .  .  .  1847. 
Duodecimo. 

By  "Father  Prout"  (Francis  Sylvester  Ma- 
hony).  Following  the  title-page,  is  this 
printed  Notice:  Having  engaged  the  Father 
who  signs  himself  "D.  J.  Savonarola"  to  enter 
on  this  correspondence,  it  only  remains  for 
me  to  say  that  these  are  his  Letters.  Charles 
Dickens. 


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THE  BATTLE  OF  LIFE, 

1846 

This,  Dickens's  fourth  Christmas 
story,  was  written  In  Switzerland,  and 
dedicated  to  his  English  friends  there. 
It  had  the  same  four  Illustrators  as 
The  Chimes,  Leech,  Doyle  and  Stan- 
field  supplying  three  illustrations 
each,  and  four  coming  from  Macllse. 
Dickens  afterwards  regretted  using 
the  Idea  upon  which  it  was  based  for 
so  short  a  story.  While  writing  it, 
he  was  busy  upon  Dombey  and  Son, 
and  at  one  time  doubted  his  ability  to 
finish  The  Battle  of  Life  in  time  for 
Christmas,  but  the  work  was  pub- 
lished on  December  19,  1846. 

148  Original  Manuscript  of  The  Battle 

of  Life. 

Quarto.  50  pp.,  with  letter  from  Miss  Ho- 
garth inserted. 

149  The  I  Battle  of  Life.  |  A  Love  Story. 
I  By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  | 

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Bradbury   &  Evans,   Whitefriars.    | 
MDCCCXLVI. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  red  cloth  binding,  with 
gilt  design  on  cover  and  back,  gilt  edges,  and 
yellow  end-papers. 
First  issue  of  the  first  edition. 
Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  to  "My  English  Friends 
In  Switzerland'\  and  list  of  illustrations,  [4 
unnumbered  leaves] ;  text  (including  half- 
titles),  pp.  [i]-i75  (with  imprint  on  verso) ; 
one  unnumbered  leaf  of  advertisements. 
Frontispiece,  engraved  title  and  11  woodcuts 
by  Maclise,  Doyle,  Leech  and  Stanfield. 
There  are  four  issues  of  the  first  edition,  dis- 
tinguishable by  small  differences  in  the  en- 
graved title-page  as  described  below. 
The  present  issue,  hitherto  apparently  un- 
described  by  bibliographers,  contains  the 
words  "A  LOVE  STORY."  printed  below 
the  illustration.  Imprint:  London:  |  Pub- 
lished by  Bradbury  &  Evans,  Whitefriars.  | 
1846.  I 


150  The  I  Battle  of  Life  [etc.,  as  in  No. 
149]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  "A  Love 
Story.",  in  a  simple  scroll,  in  open  letters  on 
the  engraved  title-page.  Imprint  same  as  first 
issue. 

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151  Another  Copy,  with  proofs  of  the 
Illustrations,  on  India  paper,  before 
the  text,  laid  in. 

152  The  I  Battle  of  Life  [etc.,  as  in  No. 
149]- 

Third  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  different 
scroll  containing  the  words  "A  Love  Story**, 
supported  by  a  cherub.  Imprint  in  one  line 
without  date. 

153  The  I  Battle  of  Life  [etc.,  as  in  No. 
149]. 

Fourth  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  en- 
graved title-page  same  as  in  the  third  issue, 
but  without  publisher's  imprint. 

154  The  Drama  founded  on  the  new 
Christmas  Annual  of  Charles  Dick- 
ens, Esq.,  called  The  Battle  of  Life, 
dramatized  by  Albert  Smith  .  .  . 
From  early  Proofs  of  the  Work,  by 
the  express  permission  of  the  Author 
...  as  performed  at  the  Theatre 
Royal,  Lyceum,  Monday,  December 
21,1846  .   .  .    London :  Printed  and 

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published   by  W.    S.   Johnson    .    .    . 

[1846]. 

Duodecimo.     Original   green,   printed,  paper 
wrapper,  with  advertisements. 


DOMBEY  AND  SON, 

1848 

Although  Dickens  was  making 
plans  for  Dombey  and  Son  as  early 
as  1844,  he  did  not  begin  to  write  the 
story  until  June  27,  1846,  while  he 
was  at  Lausanne,  finishing  It  at  Dev- 
onshire Terrace,  in  the  spring  of 
1848,  nearly  two  years  later.  Forster 
considered  that  there  was  nothing  in 
all  Dickens's  writings  better  than  the 
life  and  death  of  Paul  Dombey.  The 
chapter  describing  his  death,  which,  it 
has  been  said,  '^threw  a  whole  nation 
Into  mourning",  was  written  in  Paris 
on  January  14,  1847,  ^^^  during  the 
greater  part  of  the  following  night 
Dickens  was  ^'wandering  desolate  and 
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sad  about  the  streets  of  Paris.'*  Some 
of  the  Illustrations  are  considered  the 
best  efforts  of  H.  K.  Browne.  Two 
sets  of  the  plates  were  etched  to  ex- 
pedite the  printing,  and  some  parts 
were  issued  with  lithographs,  accord- 
ing to  J.  F.  Dexter,  to  satisfy  the  de- 
mand for  copies  until  the  duplicate 
plates  could  be  etched. 

The  work  appeared  in  monthly 
parts  from  October,  1846,  to  April, 
1848,  and  was  published  in  one  vol- 
ume, in  green  cloth,  in  1848. 

The  original  manuscript  and  cor- 
rected proofs  are  in  the  possession  of 
South  Kensington  Museum. 

155  Dombey  And  Son.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations  By  H. 
K.  Browne.  |  London:  |  Bradbury 
And  Evans,  11,  Bouverie  Street.  | 
1848. 

Octavo.     In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the   last   a  double  number),   with   original 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Browne,  and  advertisements. 
First  edition. 

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Collation:  Errata,  half-title,  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  dedication  to  the  Marchion- 
ess of  Normanby,  preface,  table  of  contents, 
and  list  of  plates,  pp.  [i]-xvi;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
624.  40  plates  (including  frontispiece  and 
engraved  title)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 
The  preliminary  leaves  appeared  with  the 
joint  Nos.  19-20,  in  which  are  also  4  plates, 
the  other  numbers  containing  2  each. 

156  Dealings  |  With  The  Firm  Of  |  Dom- 
bey  And  Son,  |  Wholesale,  Retail, 
and  for  Exportation.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  New-York:  |  Wiley  And 
Putnam.  |  1846  [-48]. 

Duodecimo.  In  17  numbers,  as  issued,  with 
original  bu£F,  printed,  paper  wrappers.  Plates. 
Probably  the  first  American  edition.  At  the 
bottom  of  the  paper  wrappers  is  printed: 
"The  Illustrations  for  this  Number  will  be 
given  with  the  Next".  The  *Thiz"  plates  are 
redrawn,  and  engraved  on  wood  by  J.  W.  Orr. 
On  the  completion  of  the  edition  in  parts,  the 
work  was  published  in  two  volumes,  in  red 
cloth,  with  the  Lawrence  portrait,  engraved 
on  wood,  for  a  frontispiece. 
In  connection  with  this  are  shown  No.  i,  in 
green  wrapper,  of  an  edition  published  at  the 
Star  Spangled  Banner  Office,  Boston,  1846, 
which  bears  the  legend,  "First  American  Re- 
print—Correct Edition",  and  is  without  illus- 

IIO 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

trations,  and  No.  7,  in  pink,  pictorial  wrap- 
per, dated  1847,  of  ** Jones's  Cheap  Edition", 
also  published  at  the  Star  Spangled  Banner 
Office.  It  is  in  double  columns,  on  poor  pa- 
per, with  two  woodcut  illustrations. 

157  Dombey  And  Son.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations  By  H. 
K.  Browne.  |  Boston :  |  Bradbury  And 
Guild,  12  School  Street.  |  1848. 

Octavo.  In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the  last  a  double  number),  with  original 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers. 
Plates. 

This  edition  is  remarkable  for  its  close  resem- 
blance to  the  original  English  edition,  in 
plates,  cover,  quality  of  paper  and  letter-press. 
Of  the  last,  Wilkins  says  that  "it  might  al- 
most be  taken  for  advance  sheets  of  the  orig- 
inal edition". 

158  Extra  Illustrations  by  H.  K.  Browne, 
1848. 

a.  Dombey  and  Son.  The  Four  Por- 
traits of  Edith,  Florence,  Alice,  and 
Little  Paul,  engraved  under  the  Su- 
perintendence of  R.  Young  and  H. 
K.  Browne,  from  Designs  by  Hablot 
K.  Browne,  and  Published  with  the 
III 


THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

Sanction  of  Mr.  Charles  Dickens. 
London:  Chapman  and  Hall,  i86, 
Strand,  1848. 

4  plates,  with  green  wrapper. 

b.  Dombey  and  Son.  Full-length 
Portraits  .  .  .  Designed  and  Etched 
by  Hablot  K.  Browne,  and  Published 
with  the  Sanction  of  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens.  London:  Chapman  and 
Hall,  186,  Strand,  1848. 

8  plates,  with  green  wrapper. 

159  Dombey  and  Daughter:  A  Moral 
Fiction.  By  Renton  Nicholson,  Lord 
Chief  Baron  of  the  celebrated  Judge 
and  Jury  Society,  held  at  the  Gar- 
rick's  Head  Hotel,  Bow  Street.  Solo 
Nobilitas  Virtus.  London :  Published 
by  Thomas  Farris  .  .  .    [1848]. 

Quarto,    issued    in    parts.      Original    green, 
printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrapper  bound  in. 
An  imitation  of  Dombey  and  Son. 

160  Dombey  and  Son  finished.  (In:  The 
Man  in  the  Moon,  No.  14.  London, 
February,  1848,  pp.  59-68.) 

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Twentyfour-mo.     Original  buff,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrapper.    Woodcuts. 
A  burlesque  imitation. 

i6i  De  Firma  Dombey  en  Zoon  .  .  .  naar 
het  Engelsch  van  Charles  Dickens, 
door  Boudewijn  .  .  .  'sGravenhage, 
Haarlem  en   Rotterdam   .   .   .    1847 

[-48]. 

Octavo.  3  vols,  in  i,  bound  in  brown  cloth. 
Plates  (lithographs  on  India  paper). 
A  Dutch  translation,  also  issued  in  monthly 
numbers,  contemporaneously  with  the  orig- 
inal English  edition.  The  illustrations  are 
copies  by  a  Dutch  artist  of  the  "Phiz"  etch- 
ings, and  are  reproduced  by  lithography,  two 
on  a  plate. 

For  songs  founded  upon  Dombey  and  Son, 
see  No.  278. 


THE  HAUNTED  MAN  AND 
THE  GHOST'S  BARGAIN, 

1848 

Dickens's  fifth  and  last  Christmas 
book,  their  place  being  taken,  to  some 

"3 


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extent,  by  the  Christmas  numbers  of 
Household  Words  and  All  the  Year 
Round.  There  are  five  illustrations 
by  Leech,  three  by  Stanfield,  three  by 
Frank  Stone,  Dickens's  firm  friend 
and  Associate  of  the  Royal  Academy, 
and  six  by  Sir  John  Tenniel,  his  only 
contribution  towards  the  illustration 
of  Dickens's  works. 

The  original  manuscript  has  disap- 
peared. 

162  The  Haunted  Man  |  And  |  The 
Ghost's  Bargain.  |  A  Fancy  for 
Christmas  Time.  |  By  |  Charles  Dick- 
ens. I  London :  |  Bradbury  &  Evans, 
II,  Bouverie  Street.  |  1848. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  red  cloth  binding  with 
gilt  design  on  cover  and  back,  gilt  edges  and 
yellow  end-papers. 

First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  broken 
figure  "i"  in  pagination  of  p.  166. 
Collation:  Advertisements,  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  list  of  illustrations,  and  half- 
title,  [4  unnumbered  leaves] ;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
188.  Frontispiece,  engraved  title,  and  14 
woodcuts  by  Tenniel,  Stanfield,  Stone  and 
Leech. 

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Slater,  in  his  Early  Editions,  states  that  a 
few  early  copies  had  the  date  on  the  title- 
page  in  Roman  numerals. 

The  Haunted  Man  |  And  |  The 
Ghost's  Bargain.  |  A  Fancy  for 
Christmas-Time.  |  By  |  Charles  Dick- 
ens. I  New  York:  |  Harper  &  Bro- 
thers, Publishers,  82  Cliff  Street.  | 
[n.d.] 

Octavo.  Original  brown,  printed  paper 
wrapper. 

Probably  issued  in  1848,  as  Harper  &  Bro- 
thers published  some  of  the  Christmas  stories 
very  shortly  after  their  appearance  in  Eng- 
land. 


SUBURBAN  ROMANCE, 

1850 

Dickens  contributed  this  story  of 
seventeen  pages  to  The  Josephine 
Gallery,  a  collection  edited  by  Alice 
and  Phoebe  Cary  in  1859.  It  does  not 
seem  to  have  been  printed  separately. 
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164  The  I  Josephine  Gallery.  |  Edited  By 
I  Alice  And  Phoebe  Gary.  |  New 
York:  |  Derby  &  Jackson,  119  Nas- 
sau Street.  |  MDCCCLIX. 

Octavo.      Original    red    cloth    binding,    gold 
stamped,  with  green  end-papers.    Frontispiece 
and  plates. 
Suburban  Romance,  pp.  89-107. 


HOUSEHOLD  WORDS, 

1850-1859 

As  early  as  1846,  Dickens  had  in 
mind  the  founding  of  a  magazine, 
which  should  be  something  **between 
a  sort  of  Spectator  and  a  different 
sort  of  Athenaeum'',  but  no  definite 
idea  was  settled  upon  until  toward  the 
end  of  1849.  On  March  30,  1850, 
the  first  number  of  Household 
Words  was  published,  with  Dickens 
as  editor,  and  W.  H.  Wills  as  assis- 
tant editor.  It  ran  until  May  28, 
1859,  Dickens's  important  contribu- 
tions being  A  Child's  History  of  Eng- 
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land  (see  our  No.  178),  The  Lazy 
Tour  of  Two  Idle  Apprentices  (see 
our  No.  232),  The  Uncommercial 
Traveller  (see  our  No.  205),  and 
Hard  Times  (see  our  No.  181).  At 
Christmas,  extra  numbers  were  issued, 
Dickens  making  them  a  special  fea- 
ture. These  extra  Christmas  numbers 
contained  about  twice  as  much  ma- 
terial as  the  regular  weekly  numbers, 
and,  in  a  way,  took  the  place  of  Dick- 
ens's yearly  Christmas  books,  the  last 
of  which  had  been  issued  in  1848. 

Household  Words  was  followed 
by  a  similar  periodical.  All  the  Year 
Round  (see  No.  189,  etc.). 

From  1850  to  1855,  Dickens  pub- 
lished a  supplement  to  Household 
Words,  called  The  Household  Nar- 
rative, which  dealt  with  current 
events. 

1 65   Original  Manuscript  of  Out  of  Town, 
which  appeared  in  Household  Words 
on  September  29,  1855. 
Octavo.     1 1  pp.,  written  in  blue  ink. 
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1 66  Original  Outline  Draft  of  The  Holly- 
Tree  Inn,  the  Extra  Christmas  Num- 
ber of  Household  Words  for  1855. 

167  Original  Outline  Draft,  addressed 
to  the  contributors  of  Household 
Words,  of  The  Wreck  of  the  Golden 
Mary,  the  Extra  Christmas  Number 
for  1856. 

168  Original  Manuscript  of  The  Best 
Authority,  published  in  Household 
Words  on  June  20,  1857. 

Octavo.    9  pp. 

169  Extra  Christmas  Numbers  of  House- 
hold Words,  1 850-1 858. 

Octavo.    9  numbers,  unbound. 
The  following  are  the  titles  of  the  different 
numbers,  with  Dickens*s  contributions  desig- 
nated : 

1850.  The  Christmas  Number:  The  Christ- 
mas Tree  is  by  Dickens. 

1 85 1.  Extra  Number  for  Christmas:  What 
Christmas  is  as  we  Grow  Older  is  by  Dick- 
ens. 

1852.  A  Round  of  Stories  by  the  Christmas 

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Fire:  The  Poor  Relation's  Story  and  The 
Child's  Story  are  by  Dickens. 

1853.  Another  Round  of  Stories:  The 
Schoolboy's  Story  and  Nobody's  Story  are  by 
Dickens. 

1854.  The  Seven  Poor  Travellers:  Tht 
First  Poor  Traveller  and  The  Road  are  by 
Dickens. 

1855.  The  Holly-Tree  Inn:  The  Guests, 
The  Boots  and  The  Bill  are  by  Dickens;  the 
remainder,  by  Wilkie  Collins. 

1856.  The  Wreck  of  the  Golden  Mary: 
Most  of  The  Wreck,  and  the  hymn  on  p.  21 
are  by  Dickens;  the  remainder,  by  Wilkie 
Collins. 

1857.  The  Perils  of  Certain  English  Prison- 
ers: Chapters  I  and  III  are  by  Dickens;  the 
remainder,  by  Wilkie  Collins. 

1858.  A  House  to  Let:  Going  into  Society  is 
by  Dickens. 

170  ...  I  A  I  Round  Of  Stories  |  By  | 
The  Christmas  Fire.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  New  York:  |  Stringer  & 
Townsend,  222  Broadway.  |  1853.  | 

Octavo.       Original    brown,    printed,    paper 
wrapper,  with  title  as  above. 
Probably  the   first  American  edition  of  the 
Christmas  Story  for  1852. 

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DAVID  COPPERFIELD, 

1850 

The  first  monthly  number  of  this,  the 
most  popular  (next  to  Pickwick)  of 
Dickens's  novels,  the  author's  own 
favorite,  and  largely  autobiographi- 
cal, appeared  in  May,  1849.  Among 
the  guests  at  a  dinner  given  by  Dick- 
ens in  its  honor,  on  May  12,  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carlyle,  Mrs.  Gaskell, 
Thackeray,  Douglas  Jerrold  and 
Hablot  K.  Browne,  the  illustrator  of 
the  work.  It  was  written  at  Broad- 
stairs,  Brighton,  and  London,  and 
was  the  last  book  that  Dickens 
worked  upon  in  the  house  at  Devon- 
shire Terrace.  The  monthly  numbers 
continued  until  November,  1850, 
when  it  appeared  in  book  form,  in 
green  cloth.  Most  of  the  plates  were 
etched  twice,  with  slight  variations. 
The  original  manuscript  and  cor- 
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rected  proofs  are  in  the  possession  of 
the  South  Kensington  Museum. 

The  Personal  History  |  Of  |  David 
Copperfield.  |  By  Charles  Dickens.  | 
With  Illustrations  By  H.  K.  Browne. 
I  London:  |  Bradbury  &  Evans,  ii, 
Bouverie  Street.  |  1850. 

Octavo.     In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the  last   a   double   number),   with   original 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Browne,  and  advertisements. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard 
Watson,  preface,  and  table  of  contents,  pp. 
[i]-xiv;  Errata,  p.  [xv] ;  text,  pp.  [i]-624. 
40  plates  (including  frontispiece  and  engraved 
title)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 
The  preliminary  pages  were  issued  with  the 
joint  Nos.  19-20,  in  which  were  also  4  plates, 
the  other  numbers  containing  2  plates  each. 
It  was  issued  later  without  the  date  on  the 
title-page. 

Little  Em'ly.  ( ^^David  Copperfield." ) 
A  Drama,  in  four  Acts.  By  Andrew 
Halliday  As  first  performed  at  the 
Olympic  Theatre,  London  .  .  .  Oc- 
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tober  9,  1869  .  .  .  New  York:  De 
Witt,  [n.d.] 

Duodecimo.    Original  cream-colored,  printed, 
paper  wrapper. 

For  songs  founded  upon  David  Copperfield, 
see  No.  278. 


MR.  NIGHTINGALE'S 
DIARY,  1 85 1 

This  farce  was  the  joint  production 
of  Dickens  and  Mark  Lemon,  and 
was  first  produced  at  Devonshire 
House  on  May  27,  1851,  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  Guild  of  Literature  and  Art, 
the  cast  including  Dickens,  Lemon, 
and  Wilkie  Collins.  It  was  privately- 
printed  for  Dickens.  At  least  two 
copies  besides  that  exhibited  are 
known  to  exist— one  in  the  South  Ken- 
sington Museum,  and  the  other  in  an 
American  private  collection.  In  1877, 
an  edition  was  published  by  Osgood 
&  Co.,  in  Boston. 

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173  Mr.  Nightingale's  Diary:  |  A  Farce. 
I  In  One  Act.  |  By  |  (sic)  |  London: 

I1851. 

Duodecimo.     Wilkie  Collins's  copy,  with  his 

signature  and  autograph  annotations  for  his 

part,  Lithers,  the  landlord. 

First  edition. 

Collation:  Title   (with  imprint  on  verso), 

and     Dramatis     Personae,     [2     unnumbered 

leaves];  text,  pp.  [i]-26. 

174  Mr.  Nightingale's  Diary:  |  A  Farce 
I  In  One  Act.  |  By  Charles  Dickens.  | 
Boston:  |  James  R.  Osgood  And 
Company,  Late  Ticknor  &  Fields, 
and  Fields,  Osgood,  &  Co.  |  1877. 

Thirtytwo-mo.  Original  brown  cloth  cover 
and  advertising  end-papers  bound  in.  With 
the  original  sketch,  finished  water-color  draw- 
ing, tracing,  and  colored  etching  by  F.  W. 
Pailthorpe  for  a  frontispiece  inserted. 
First  American  edition. 

175  Play  Bill  of  Mr.  Nightingale's  Diary 
[Dickens  in  the  cast].  The  Lyceum, 
Sunderland,  August  28,  1852:  The 
Amateur  Company  of  the  Guild  of 
Literature  and  Art. 

123 


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TO  BE  READ  AT  DUSK, 

1852 

Dickens  contributed  this  to  The 
Keepsake,  1852,  edited  by  Miss  Mar- 
guerite Power.  It  was  printed  sep- 
arately with  the  same  date.  Dickens 
had  already  been  a  contributor  to  this 
fashionable  Annual  in  1844  when  he 
had  written  for  it  the  verses  entitled 
A  Word  in  Season. 

176  The  I  Keepsake  |  1852.  |  Edited  By  \ 
Miss  Power.  |  [Five  lines]  |  London: 
I  David  Bogue,  86  Fleet  Street:  | 
Bangs,  Brothers,  And  Co.,  New 
York;  H.  Mandeville,  Paris.  |  1852. 
Octavo.    Frontispiece  and  plates. 

To  be  Read  at  Dusk,  pp.  117-131. 

177  To  Be  Read   |   At   |   Dusk.   |   By   | 
Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  |  1852. 
Octavo. 

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THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

First  separate  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 

and  text:  pp.  [i]-i9  (with  imprint  on  verso). 


A  CHILD^S  HISTORY  OF 
ENGLAND,  1 852-1 854 

This  first  appeared  in  Household 
Words,  from  January  25th,  1851,  to 
December  loth,  1853,  in  forty-five 
chapters.  When  published  in  book 
form,  it  was  redivided  into  thirty- 
seven  chapters.  The  three  volumes 
are  dated  1852,  1853,  and  1854  re- 
spectively, and  the  dedication  to  his 
children  is  dated  ''Christmas,  1851''. 
Dickens  began  the  History  for  his 
son,  dictating  it  to  Miss  Georgina 
Hogarth,  as  he  was  very  busy  over 
Bleak  House  at  the  time. 

The  frontispieces  of  all  three  vol- 
umes  contain   the   same   border  but 
have  different  pictures  in  the  center. 
They  are  the  work  of  Francis  W. 
125 


THE  WORKS   OF  DICKENS 

Topham,  who  began  his  career  as  a 
writing-engraver,  but  afterwards  be- 
came a  painter  and  illustrator.  He 
was  one  of  Dickens's  famous  com- 
pany of  amateur  actors. 

The  original  manuscript,  by  Miss 
Hogarth,  with  Chapters  II  and  VI  in 
the  handwriting  of  Dickens,  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  South  Kensington 
Museum. 

178  A  I  Child's  History  Of  England.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  With  a  Fron- 
tispiece by  F.  W.  Topham.  |  Volume 
I.  I  England  From  The  Ancient 
Times,  To  The  Death  Of  |  King 
John.  I  [Volume  II.  England  From 
The  Reign  of  Henry  The  Third,  To 
The  Reign  of  Richard  The  Third. 
Volume  III.  England  From  The 
Reign  Of  Henry  The  Seventh  To 
The  Revolution  Of  1688.]  |  London: 
I  Bradbury  &  Evans,  11,  Bouverie 
Street.  |  i852[-i854.] 

Square  sixteenmo.  Three  volumes,  in  orig- 
inal  red   cloth  binding,   with  gilt   design  on 

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THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

cover  and  back  and  marbled  edges  and  end- 
papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Vol.  I:  Half  title,  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  dedication  "To  My  Own 
Dear  Children",  table,  and  chronological  table, 
pp.  [i]-xi;  text,  pp.  [i]-2io;  advertisement, 
p.  [211].  Frontispiece  by  F.  W.  Topham. 
Vol.  II:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  table,  and  chronological  table,  pp.  [i]- 
viii;  text,  pp.  [i]-2i4;  advertisement,  p. 
[215].  Frontispiece  by  Topham. 
Vol.  Ill:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  table,  and  chronological  table,  pp.  [i]- 
viii;  text,  pp.  [i]-32i;  advertisement,  p. 
[322].    Frontispiece  by  Topham. 


CHRISTMAS  BOOKS   (FIRST 
COLLECTED  EDITION), 

1852 

The  First  Cheap  Issue  of  the  Works 
of  Charles  Dickens,  printed  in  double 
columns,  and  issued  in  weekly  three- 
halfpenny  numbers,  appeared  in  three 
series  from  1847  ^^  1867.  Each  vol- 
ume, as  it  was  completed,  was  pub- 
lished with  a  new  preface  and  a  fron- 
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tispiece.  The  last  volume  of  the  first 
series  was  comprised  of  the  Christ- 
mas Books,  1852,  and  is  the  first  col- 
lected appearance  of  these  stories 
(see  Nos.  117,  131,  135,  149,  and 
162).  The  preface  is  dated  Septem- 
ber, 1852. 

179  Christmas  Books.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  London:  |  Chapman  And 
Hall,  193,  Piccadilly.  |  1852. 

Duodecimo.     Original  light  green  cloth  bind- 
ing, with  yellow  printed  end-papers.     Auto- 
graph letter  from  Dickens  to  Messrs.  Chap- 
man and  Hall  inserted. 
First  collected  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
preface  (with  contents  on  verso),  [two  un- 
numbered leaves]  ;  text  (including  half-titles), 
pp.  [i]-266;  advertisement,  p.  [267].  Fron- 
tispiece by  John  Leech. 


BLEAK  HOUSE,   1853 

This  protest  against  the  abuses  of 

Chancery  practice  was  written  for  the 

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most  part  at  Tavistock  House,  the 
new  London  home  into  which  the 
Dickens  family  moved  toward  the 
end  of  1 8  5 1 .  It  appeared  in  monthly 
numbers  from  March,  1852,  to  Sep- 
tember, 1853,  and  was  issued  in  one 
volume,  in  green  cloth,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1853.  Harper  and  Brothers 
paid  Dickens  £400  for  advance  sheets 
of  the  English  edition  and  issued  the 
novel  in  Harper's  Magazine  from 
April,  1852,  to  October,  1853,  also 
publishing  an  edition  in  twenty 
monthly  numbers. 

Shortly  after  its  completion,  on 
December  27,  29  and  30,  1853,  Dick- 
ens gave  his  first  public  readings,  at 
Birmingham  in  aid  of  the  Midland 
Institute.  The  works  selected  for 
reading  were  A  Christmas  Carol  and 
The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth,  which 
were  received  with  great  enthusiasm. 

The  original  manuscript  and  cor- 
rected proofs  of  Bleak  House  are  in 
the  possession  of  the  South  Kensing- 
ton Museum. 

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THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

1 80  Bleak  House.  |  By  |  Charles  Dickens. 
I  With  Illustrations  By  H.  K. 
Browne.  |  London:  |  Bradbury  And 
Evans,  11,  Bouverie  Street.  |  1853. 

Octavo.     In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the   last   a  double   number),   with   original 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Browne,  and  advertisements. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  dedication  "To  My  Companions  in 
the  Guild  of  Literature  and  Art",  preface, 
table  of  contents,  and  list  of  plates  (with 
errata  at  end),  pp.  [i]-xvi;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
624.  40  plates  (including  frontispiece  and 
engraved  title)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 
The  preliminary  leaves  were  issued  with  the 
joint  Nos.  19-20,  in  which  are  4  plates.  Each 
of  the  other  numbers  contains  2  plates,  ex- 
cepting Nos.  9  and  10  which  contain  i  and  3 
respectively.  A  printed  notice  in  No.  9  ex- 
plains the  reason  for  this. 


HARD  TIMES,  1854 

This  story,  for  which  Dickens  had 
great  difficulty  in  choosing  a  title,  ap- 
peared in  Household  Words,   from 
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April  I  to  August  12,  1854,  almost 
doubling  the  circulation  of  that  maga- 
zine. 

The  original  manuscript  and  cor- 
rected proofs  are  in  the  possession  of 
the  South  Kensington  Museum. 

181  Hard  Times.  |  For  These  Times.  | 
By  Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  | 
Bradbury  &  Evans,  11,  Bouverie 
Street.  |  1854. 

I  Octavo.     Original  light  green  cloth  binding, 

with  yellow  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title  (with  **[The  Author 
reserves  the  right  of  Translation.]"  on 
verso),  title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  dedi- 
cation to  Thomas  Carlyle,  and  table  of  con- 
tents, pp.  [i]-viii;  text  in  three  books,  each 
with  half-title,  pp.  [i]-352. 

182  Hard  Times.  |  A  Novel.  |  By  Charles 
Dickens,  |  [Two  lines]  |  New  York: 
Harper  &  Brothers,  Publishers  | 
[Two  lines]  |  MDCCCLIV. 

Octavo.      Original    brown,    printed,    paper 
wrapper. 

Probably  the  first  American  edition. 
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LITTLE  DORRIT, 

1857 

Most  of  Little  Dorrit  was  written  in 
London,  Paris  and  Boulogne,  but  it 
was  finished  in  the  house  at  Gad's 
Hill,  near  Rochester,  the  possession 
of  which  had  been  a  dream  of  Dick- 
ens's childhood.  Although  the  house 
was  purchased  early  in  1856,  he  did 
not  make  it  his  permanent  home  until 
i860.  Little  Dorrit  appeared  in 
monthly  numbers  from  December, 
1855,  to  June,  1857,  when  it  was  pub- 
lished in  one  volume,  in  green  cloth. 
Forster  says  that,  in  its  composition, 
the  author  seemed,  for  the  first  time, 
to  feel  a  strain  upon  his  powers  of  in- 
vention. Clarkson  Stanfield,  the  ma- 
rine and  landscape  painter,  to  whom 
the  book  is  dedicated,  superintended 
and  painted  scenes  for  the  annual  pri- 
vate theatricals  at  Tavistock  House, 
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in  which  Dickens  was  especially  inter- 
ested during  the  writing  of  Little 
Dorrit.  The  title  first  chosen  for  the 
book  was  Nobody's  Fault,  which  was 
retained  until  just  before  the  publica- 
tion of  the  first  number.  Little  Dor- 
rit appeared  in  Harper's  Magazine 
from  January,  1856,  to  July,  1857, 
the  publishers  paying  £250  for  the 
advance  sheets. 

The  original  manuscript  and  cor- 
rected proofs  are  in  the  possession  of 
the  South  Kensington  Museum. 

Little  Dorrit.  |  By  |  Charles  Dickens. 
I  With  Illustrations  ByH.  K.  Browne. 
I  London:  |  Bradbury  And  Evans, 
II,  Bouverie  Street.  |  1857. 

Octavo.     In  20  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the   last   a   double   number),   with   original 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  de- 
signed by  Browne,  and  advertisements. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
dedication  to  Clarkson  Stanfield,  preface, 
table  of  contents,  and  list  of  plates  (with 
Errata  at  end),  pp.   [i]-xiv;  text,  pp.    [i]- 

133 


THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

625.  40  plates  (Including  frontispiece  and  en- 
graved title)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 
The  preliminary  matter  was  issued  with  the 
joint  Nos.  19-20,  in  which  are  4  plates,  the 
remaining  numbers  containing  2  plates  each. 
No.  16  contains  a  slip  correcting  the  use  in 
No.  15  of  "Rigaud"  for  "Blandois". 
For  song  founded  upon  Little  Dorrit,  see 
No.  278. 


DICKENS  AND  THE  ROYAL 
LITERARY  FUND,   1858 

Dickens  was  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  Royal  Literary  Fund 
(for  benefiting  needy  writers),  but 
he,  as  well  as  Forster  and  Dilke,  re- 
signed in  protest  against  the  method 
of  distributing  the  funds,  the  three 
men  issuing  a  small  pamphlet  stating 
their  case.  The  Committee  in  reply 
published  a  Summary  of  Facts,  to 
which  the  reformers  replied  with  an 
Answer  to  the  Committee's  Summary 
of  Facts. 

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184  The  Case  |  Of  |  The  Reformers  |  In 
I  The  Literary  Fund;  |  Stated  By  | 
Charles  W.  Dllke,  Charles  Dickens, 
And  John  Forster.     [1858]. 

Octavo.     Stitched. 

First  edition. 

Collation:  Title,  and  text,  pp.  [i]-i6. 

184a.  Royal  Literary  Fund.  |  A  Summary 
Of  Facts, I  [Five  lines]  |  Together 
With  I  A  Report  of  the  Proceedings 
of  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  |  March 
12,  1858  I  .  .  . 
Octavo.    Stitched. 

The  committee's  answer,  containing  a  report 
of  Dickens's  speech,  in  which  he  stated  that 
he  had  written  the  preceding,  "in  conjunction 
with  two  friends." 

185  Royal  Literary  Fund.  |  The  Answer 
I  To  I  The  Committee's  Summary  of 
"Facts."  I  By  I  C.  W.  Dilke,  Charles 
Dickens,  And  |  John  Forster.  |  Lon- 
don: I  Bradbury  And  Evans,  11,  Bou- 
verie  Street.  |  1858. 

Octavo.     Stitched. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title,  and  text,  pp.  [i]-i6. 
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ALL  THE  YEAR  ROUND, 

1859-1870 

This  successor  to  Household  Words, 
1850-59,  was  also  edited  by  Dickens, 
whose  most  important  works  to  ap- 
pear in  it  were  A  Tale  of  Two  Cities 
and  Great  Expectations.  Other  con- 
tributors were  Wilkie  Collins,  Charles 
Reade  and  Lord  Lytton.  The  extra 
Christmas  numbers  continued  to  be 
issued  for  nine  years.  Like  those  of 
Household  Words,  they  were  without 
wrappers  until  1863,  when  Mrs.  Lir- 
riper's  Lodgings  appeared  with  a 
dark  blue  paper  wrapper.  Dickens's 
last  contribution  to  All  the  Year 
Round  was  a  notice  of  Forster's  Life 
of  Landor,  in  1869.  Upoi^  his  death 
in  1870,  his  son  succeeded  to  the  edi- 
torship. 

186  Rough  Draft,  in  Dickens's  handwrit- 
ing, of  a  communication  to  the  con- 
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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

tributors  of  All  the  Year  Round,  con- 
taining his  plans  for  the  Extra  Christ- 
mas Number  for  1862,  Somebody's 
Luggage. 

187  Original  Manuscript  of  His  Brown- 
Paper  Parcel,  which  appeared  as  a 
part  of  Somebody's  Luggage,  the  Ex- 
tra Christmas  Number  for  1862. 
Octavo.    1 1  pp.    Written  on  blue  paper. 

188  Rough  Draft,  in  Dickens's  handwrit- 
ing, of  a  communication  to  the  con- 
tributors of  All  the  Year  Round  con- 
taining suggestions  for  the  Extra 
Christmas  Number  for  1863,  Mrs. 
Lirriper's  Lodgings. 

189  Extra  Christmas  Numbers  of  ^^AU 
the  Year  Round",  1 859-1 867. 

Octavo.  9  numbers,  unbound ;  the  last  five  in 
dark  blue,  printed,  paper  wrappers,  as  issued. 
The  following  are  the  titles  of  the  different 
numbers,  with  Dickens's  contributions  desig- 
nated : 

1859.  The  Haunted  House:  The  Mortals  in 
the  House,  The  Ghost  in  Master  B's  Room, 

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THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

and  The  Ghost  in  the  Corner  Room  are  by 

Dickens. 

i860.     A  Message  from  the  Sea:  Chapters  I, 

II,  and  V,  and  passages  in  other  chapters  are 

by   Dickens.     There    is    a   woodcut    in   this 

number. 

1861.  Tom  Tiddler's  Ground:  Chapters  I, 
VI,  and  VII  are  by  Dickens. 

1862.  Somebody's  Luggage:  His  Leaving  it 
till  Called  For,  His  Boots,  His  Brown-Paper 
Parcel,  and  His  Wonderful  End  are  by  Dick- 
ens; also  a  portion  of  Chapter  III. 

1863.  Mrs.  Lirriper's  Lodgings:  Chapters  I 
and  VII  are  by  Dickens. 

1864.  Mrs.  Lirriper's  Legacy:  Chapters  I 
and  VII  are  by  Dickens. 

1865.  Doctor  Marigold's  Prescriptions: 
Chapters  I,  VI  and  VIII  are  by  Dickens. 

1866.  Mugby  Junction:  Barbox  Brothers, 
Barbox  Brothers  and  Co.,  Main  Line  (The 
Boy  at  Mugby),  and  No.  i  Branch  Line 
(The  Signal-Man)  are  by  Dickens. 

1867.  No  Thoroughfare:  The  joint  produc- 
tion of  Dickens  and  Wilkie  Collins. 


190  Charles  Dickens's  |  New  |  Christmas 
Story.  I  Mrs.  Lirriper's  Lodgings. 
[Seven  lines]  |  New  York:  |  Harper 
&  Brothers,  Publishers,  |  Franklin 
Square.  |  1864. 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

Octavo.  Original  white,  printed,  paper  wrap- 
per. 

Probably  the  first  American  edition  of   the 
Christmas  Story  for  1863. 
Only  Chapters  I   and  VII   are  by  Dickens. 
An  edition  was  published  at  Mobile,  Alabama, 
the  same  year. 

191  L'Embranchement  de  Mugby.  Par 
Charles  Dickens.  Precede  de  son 
histoire,  d'apres  John  Forster,  tra- 
duite  par  Th.  Bentzon.  Petite  Bib- 
liotheque  blanche  ...  J.  Hetzel  et 
Cie  .  .  .  Paris  .  .  .  [n.d.] 
Duodecimo.  Original  red  cloth.  Woodcuts. 
The  Christmas  story  of  1866  arranged  for 
children,  with  a  sketch  of  Dickens's  life. 
For  songs  founded  upon  Mugby  Junction  and 
Mrs.  Lirriper's  Lodgings,  see  No.  278. 


A  TALE  OF  TWO  CITIES, 

1859 

This,  Dickens's  second  historical 
novel,  was  published  originally  in  All 
The  Year  Round,  from  April  30th  to 

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November  26th,  1859,  appearing 
concurrently  in  monthly  numbers, 
and,  when  completed,  in  1859,  in  one 
volume  in  green  and  in  red  cloth.  It 
is  the  last  work  of  Dickens  which 
Hablot  K.  Browne  illustrated,  and  is 
the  first  of  his  later  works  to  be  pub- 
lished by  Chapman  and  Hall.  Har- 
per &  Brothers  paid  £1000  for  ad- 
vance sheets,  and  published  it  in  Har- 
per's Weekly,  from  May  7  to  Decem- 
ber 3,  1859. 

The  original  manuscript  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  South  Kensington 
Museum. 

192  A  I  Tale  Of  Two  Cities.  |  By  | 
Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations 
By  H.  K.  Browne.  |  London :  |  Chap- 
man And  Hall,  193  Piccadilly;  |  And 
At  The  Office  Of  All  The  Year 
Round,  I  II,  Wellington  Street 
North.  I  MDCCCLIX. 

Octavo.  In  8  monthly  numbers,  as  issued 
(the  last  a  double  number),  with  original, 
green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers,  and 
advertisements. 

140 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  pagination 
on  p.  213  misprinted  "113". 
Collation:  Title,  dedication  to  Lord  John 
Russell,  preface,  table  of  contents,  and  list  of 
plates,  pp.  [i-ix] ;  text,  pp.  [i]-254.  ^6 
plates  (including  frontispiece  and  engraved 
title)  by  H.  K.  Browne. 

The  preliminary  matter  appeared  in  the  joint 
Nos.  7-8,  in  which  are  4  plates,  the  remain- 
ing numbers  containing  2  plates  each. 


A  CURIOUS  DANCE  ROUND 
A  CURIOUS  TREE,  r.  i860 

This  description  of  the  usual  Christ- 
mas dance,  given  for  the  patients  of 
St.  Luke's  Hospital  for  the  Insane, 
first  appeared  in  Household  Words, 
January  17,  1852.  It  was  published 
separately  in  i860  by  the  General 
Committee  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital, 
and  distributed  to  patrons  of  the  Hos- 
pital. The  entire  pamphlet  has  some- 
times been  attributed  to  W.  H.  Wills, 
who  certainly  wrote  portions  of  it, 
but  the  original  manuscript  contains 
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THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

217,  out  of  the  393  printed  lines,  in 
the  handwriting  of  Dickens.  It  is 
also  designated  by  Wills,  in  Old 
Leaves,  as  one  of  the  papers  in  that 
collection  partially  written  by  Dick- 
ens. 

193  A  Curious  Dance  |  Round  A  Curious 
Tree.  |  By  |  Charles  Dickens,  [i860]. 

Duodecimo.  Original,  mauve,  printed,  paper 
wrapper. 

First  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  period 
after  "Tree"  on  cover,  and  before  the  last 
paragraph  on  p.  19  was  printed  in  thick  type. 
Collation:  Cover  title;  text,  pp.  [i]-i9. 

194  A  Curious  Dance  |  Round  A  Curious 
Tree,  |  By  |  Charles  Dickens,  [i860]. 

Second  issue  of  the  first  edition,  with  different 
border  around  the  title,  comma  after  "tree'^ 
in  title,  and  variation  in  type  on  p.  19.  The 
wrapper  is  pink. 

With  this  is  the  mailing  wrapper  in  which  it 
was  inclosed,  and  an  accompanying  stamped 
and  addressed  envelope  for  posting  contribu- 
tions to  the  hospital. 


142 


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DROOPING  BUDS,  i860 

With  the  exception  of  the  paragraph 
on  pp.  6-7,  beginning  **0!  Baby's 
dead'\  this  is  by  Henry  Morley,  who 
at  Dickens's  request  visited  the  newly 
founded  Children's  Hospital  in  Great 
Ormond  Street  and  contributed  the 
article  describing  his  visit  to  House- 
hold Words,  April  3,  1852.  Mr. 
Morley  himself  stated  in  The  Athe- 
naeum, December  14,  1889,  that 
Dickens  added  so  much  to  the  value 
of  the  article  by  inserting  the  para- 
graph referred  to  that  he  (Morley) 
omitted  it  from  a  collection  of  his 
own  papers.  Drooping  Buds  was 
issued  separately  as  a  small  pamphlet 
by  the  Hospital  in  1 860.  In  a  reprint 
of  1866  it  seems  to  have  been  attrib- 
uted to  Dickens.  (See  Pseudo-Dick- 
ens Rarities,  by  F.  G.  Kitton,  in  The 
Athenaeum,  September  11,  1897.) 

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195  Hospital  I  For  |  Sick  Children.  |  49, 
Great  Ormond  Street.  |  Patron— 
Her  Majesty  The  Queen.  |  '^Droop- 
ing  Buds;"  |  From  Dickens'  House- 
hold Words.  I  (April,  1852.)  |  The 
Objects  of  the  Institution  are—  | 
[Four  lines]  |  London:  |  Printed  By 
R.  Folkard,  Devonshire  Street,  | 
Queen  Square.  |  i860. 

Twentyfour-mo.  Original  pink  paper  wrap- 
per. 

First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  list  of  officers,  etc., 
on  verso),  and  text,  pp.  [i]-ii  (with  sum- 
mary, etc.,  on  verso). 


OLD  LEAVES,  i860 

William  Henry  Wills  was  assis- 
tant editor,  both  of  Household 
Words  and  All  the  Year  Round,  and 
an  intimate  friend  of  Dickens,  to 
whom  he  dedicated  this  compilation  of 
thirty-seven  papers  from  Household 
Words,  as  follows:  'To  the  Other 
144 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

Hand,  whose  masterly  touches  gave 
to  the  Old  Leaves  here  freshly  gath- 
ered, their  brightest  tints,  they  are 
affectionately  inscribed''.  Portions  of 
fifteen  of  the  papers,  designated  by 
the  sign  of  a  hand  placed  beside  their 
numbers,  are  by  Dickens.  They  are  as 
follows :  Valentine's  Day  at  the  Post- 
Office,  The  Heart  of  Mid-London,  A 
popular  Delusion,  The  Old  Lady  in 
Threadneedle-Street,  Bank-note  For- 
geries, Plate  Glass,  Spitalfields,  The 
Metropolitan  Protectives,  Epsom, 
My  Uncle,  A  curious  Dance  round  a 
curious  Tree,  Post-Office  Money 
Orders,  A  plated  Article,  Received,  a 
blank  Child,  Idiots. 

Old  Leaves :  |  Gathered  From  House- 
hold Words.  I  By  W.  Henry  Wills.  | 
London:  |  Chapman  And  Hall,  193, 
Piccadilly.  I  MDCCCLX. 

Duodecimo.    Original  cream-colored  binding, 
with  white  end-papers. 
First  collected  edition. 

Collation  :  Title,  dedication  to  Dickens,  and 
145 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

table  of  contents,  pp.  [i]-vi;  text,  pp.  [i]-437 
(with  imprint  on  verso). 


197  Another  Copy,  with  autograph  inser- 
tions by  Richard  Heme  Shepherd. 


HUNTED  DOWN,  c  1861 

This  short  story,  which  had  its  origin 
in  the  career  of  Wainewright,  the  no- 
torious poisoner,  w^as  first  published 
in  the  New  York  Ledger  in  three 
numbers,  August  20,  27,  and  Septem- 
ber 3,  1859.  It  was  illustrated  by 
seven  woodcuts.  The  following  year, 
it  was  published  in  All  the  Year 
Round,  on  April  4  and  11.  John 
Camden  Hotten  reprinted  it  in  his 
Piccadilly  Annual  for  1870,  also  issu- 
ing it  in  pamphlet  form.  The  recent 
discovery  of  an  American  collection, 
with  copyright  date  1861,  including 
Hunted  Down,  makes  its  first  appear- 
ance in  book  form  an  American  one. 
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THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

198  Original  Manuscript  of  ^^Hunted 
Down'\ 

Quarto.  15  pp.,  written  in  blue  ink,  with  a 
letter  from  Robert  Bonner,  of  the  New  York 
Ledger,  stating  that  the  manuscript,  for  which 
the  Ledger  paid  $5000,  was  presented  to  the 
Metropolitan  Sanitary  Fair. 

199  The  New  York  Ledger  for  August 
20,  August  27,  and  September  3, 
1859,  in  which  Hunted  Down  first 
appeared. 

200  All  the  Year  Round  for  August  4  and 
II,  i860,  containing  Hunted  Down, 
its  first  appearance  in  England. 

201  The  I  Lamplighter's  Story;  |  Hunted 
Down;  The  Detective  Police;  |  And 
Other  Nouvellettes.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  [Four  lines.]  Philadel- 
phia :  I  T.  B.  Peterson  And  Brothers, 
I  306  Chestnut  Street.  |  [c.  1861.] 

Octavo.  Original  black  cloth  binding,  with 
yellow  end-papers. 

First  edition  of  Hunted  Down  in  book  form. 
Collation  :  One  blank  leaf,  woodcut  frontis- 
piece,   title-page    with    woodcut,    plain    title 

147 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

(with  copyright  notice  on  verso),  pp.  [3]- 
[10] ;  text,  pp.  11-467. 

The  Lamplighter's  Story  had  appeared  in  Pic 
Nic  Papers,  1841. 

A  foot  note  on  the  first  page  of  Hunted  Down 
is  as  follows:  "This  is  the  first  and  only  story 
that  Mr.  Dickens  has  ever  written  for  an 
American  publication.  It  was  originally  pub- 
lished in  the  New  York  Ledger,  and  we  have 
Mr.  Bonner's  permission  (who  owns  the 
copyright)  to  copy  it  from  that  periodical". 

202  The  I  Piccadilly  Annual  |  Of  |  Enter- 
taining Literature  |  Retrospective 
And  Contemporary.  |  .  .  .  London : 
I  John  Camden  Hotten,  74  &  75,  Pic- 
cadilly. [1870.] 

Quarto.    Woodcuts. 
Hunted  Down,  pp.  [i]-i3. 

203  Hunted  Down:  |  A  Story.  |  By  | 
Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Some  Ac- 
count Of  I  Thomas  Griffiths  Waine- 
wright,  I  The  Poisoner.  |  [Vignette 
of  *The  Fatal  House"]  |  London:  | 
John  Camden  Hotten,  |  74  &  75,  Pic- 
cadilly.    [1870.] 

Sixteenmo.  Original  green,  printed,  pictorial, 
stiff  paper  wrapper,  with  advertisements. 

148 


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First  English  edition. 

Collation:  Advertisement,  half-title,  title, 
introduction,  pp.  [i]-28.  Half-title  ("Hunted 
Down.  By  Charles  Dickens")  and  text,  pp. 
29-89  (with  imprint  on  verso) ;  8  unnum- 
bered leaves  of  advertisement. 
The  words  "Price  Sixpence"  precede  the  title 
on  the  wrapper. 


A  MESSAGE  FROM  THE  SEA, 

1861 

This  was  dramatized  from  the  story 
of  the  same  name  which  appeared  as 
the  Christmas  Story  for  i860,  the 
joint  work  of  Dickens  and  Wilkie 
Collins. 

A  I  Message  From  The  Sea.  |  A 
Drama,  in  Three  Acts.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens  |  And  |  Wilkie  Collins.  | 
London:  |  Published  By  G.  Hols- 
worth,  I  At  The  Office  Of  ^^AU  The 
Year  Round."  |  Wellington  Street, 
Strand.  |  1861.  |  [Entered  at  Station- 
ers' Hall.] 

149 


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Duodecimo.      Original    buff,    printed,    paper 
wrapper,  with  title  as  above. 
First  edition. 

Collation  :  Persons  of  the  Drama,  and  Out- 
line of  the  Plot,  pp.  [i]-8. 
A  synopsis  of  the  play,  apparently  published 
hurriedly    for    purposes    of    registration    and 
copyright. 


THE  UNCOMMERCIAL 
TRAVELLER,   1861 

This  work  is  composed  of  seventeen 
papers  which  first  appeared  in  All  the 
Year  Round,  from  January  28  to  Oc- 
tober 13,  i860.  Many  of  them  relate 
Dickens's  adventures  on  the  midnight 
tramps  through  London  to  which  he 
was  driven  by  insomnia. 

205  The  I  Uncommercial  Traveller  |  By  | 
Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  |  Chap- 
man And  Hall,  193,  Piccadilly.  | 
MDCCCLXL 

Octavo.  Original  lilac  cloth,  with  yellow 
end-papers. 

150 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

First  edition. 

Collation:    Half-title,    title,    preface,    and 
table  of  contents,  [four  unnumbered  leaves]  ; 
text,   pp.    [  1 1-264;    "A   catalogue   of   books, 
published  by  Chapman  and  Hall,"  pp.  I--32. 
Some  copies  were  bound  in  green  cloth. 


GREAT  EXPECTATIONS, 

1861 

This  first  appeared  in  All  the  Year 
Round  from  December  i,  i860,  to 
August  3,  1 861.  Dickens's  first  in- 
tention had  been  to  make  it  a  longer 
story,  in  the  usual  twenty  monthly 
parts,  but  he  finally  resolved  to  cut  it 
down  to  the  length  of  A  Tale  of  Two 
Cities.  During  its  publication,  Tavis- 
tock House  was  sold,  and  Dickens 
determined  to  make  Gad's  Hill  Place 
his  permanent  home.  Harper  &  Bro- 
thers paid  £1250  for  advance  sheets 
and  published  the  story  in  Harper's 
Weekly  during  1861,  afterwards 
issuing  it  in  two  volumes. 

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A  portion  of  the  corrected  galley 
proof  of  Great  Expectations  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  South  Kensington 
Museum.  Dickens  presented  the 
original  manuscript  to  the  Rev. 
Chauncey  Hare  Townshend,  at  whose 
death  it  was  deposited  in  the  Museum 
at  Wisbech,  in  Cambridgeshire. 


206  Dickens's  Scrap  Book,  used  in  pre- 
paring Great  Expectations,  in  book 
form,  for  the  press.  The  pages  con- 
taining the  story  have  been  cut  from 
All  The  Year  Round,  and  pasted 
down,  leaving  marginal  space  for  his 
alterations,  of  which  there  are  many, 
in  his  autograph.  Dickens's  signa- 
ture is  on  the  fly-leaf. 

207  Great  Expectations  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  In  Three  Volumes.  |  Vol. 
I  I  [Vols.  II  &  III]  I  London:  |  Chap- 
man And  Hall,  193,  Piccadilly.  | 
MDCCCLXI.  I  [The  Right  of  trans- 
lation  is  reserved.] 

152 


THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

Octavo.     Three  volumes,  in  original  purple 
cloth  binding,  with  yellow  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Vol.  I:  Title,  and  dedication  to 
Chauncey  Hare  Townshend,  [2  unnumbered 
leaves]  ;  text,  pp.  [i]-344- 
Vol.  II:  Title,  [i  unnumbered  leaf];  text, 
PP«  [i]-35i  (with  imprint  on  verso). 
Vol.  Ill:  Title,  [i  unnumbered  leaf];  text, 
PP'  [i]~344>*  Chapman  and  Hall's  Cata- 
logue, dated  May,  1861,  32  pp. 

208  Extra  Illustrations  to  Great  Expecta- 
tions by  Frederick  W.  Pallthorpe. 
Great  Expectations  By  Charles  Dick- 
ens   London  Robson  &  Kerslake  .  .  . 
1885. 

Half-title  and  21  plates,  in  portfolio.  One  of 
50  sets  of  proofs  on  Japanese  paper,  in  black. 
Other  proofs  were  issued  in  bistre,  and  there 
are  plain  and  colored  sets. 
For  songs  founded  upon  Great  Expectations, 
see  No.  278. 


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OUR  MUTUAL  FRIEND, 

1865 

Our  Mutual  Friend  was  issued  in 
monthly  numbers  from  May,  1864, 
to  November,  1865,  ^he  two  volumes 
being  published  in  book  form,  bound 
in  cloth,  in  February  and  November, 
1865. 

The  woodcut  illustrations  were  the 
work  of  Marcus  Stone,  the  young  son 
of  Dickens's  intimate  friend  Frank 
Stone,  who  made  some  of  the  illus- 
trations for  The  Haunted  Man. 
Dickens  had  deeply  lamented  his 
friend's  early  death,  and  took  much 
interest  in  the  son,  who  afterwards 
became  a  Royal  Academician.  The 
illustrations  were  engraved  by  Dal- 
ziel  Brothers  and  W.  T.  Green. 

The  story  was  published  from  ad- 
vance proofs  in  Harper's  Magazine, 
from  June,  1864,  to  December,  1865. 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

The  original  manuscript  is  in  the 
possession  of  the  Drexel  Institute  in 
Philadelphia. 

Our  Mutual  Friend.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations  By 
Marcus  Stone.  |  In  Two  Volumes.  | 
Vol.  I  I  [Vol.  II]  I  London:  |  Chap- 
man and  Hall,  193  Piccadilly,  | 
1865.  I  [The  right  of  Translation  is 
reserved.] 

Octavo.  In  20  monthly  numbers,  arranged 
for  3  volumes,  as  issued  (the  last  a  double 
number),  with  original,  green,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrappers,  designed  by  Marcus 
Stone,  and  advertisements. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Vol.  I:  Half-title,  title,  (with 
imprint  on  verso),  dedication  to  Sir  James 
Emerson  Tennent,  table  of  contents,  and  list 
of  illustrations,  pp.  [i]-xi;  text,  pp.  [i]-320. 
A  slip  explaining  the  title  precedes  p.  i.  10 
plates  by  Marcus  Stone. 

Vol.  II:  One  unnumbered  leaf  of  advertise- 
ment; half-title,  title,  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  table  of  contents  and  list  of  illustra- 
tions, pp.  [i]-viii;  text,  pp.  [i]-309,  in- 
cluding "Postscript  in  lieu  of  preface'*,  dated 
"September  2nd,  1865";  "Mr.  Charles  Dick- 

155 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

ens's  Works",  p.  [311].    10  plates  by  Marcus 

Stone. 

The  preliminary  leaves  for  the  two  volumes 

were  issued  with  No.  10  and  joint  Nos.  19- 

20,  in  which  are  4  plates,  the  other  numbers 

containing  two  plates  each. 


THE  FROZEN  DEEP, 

1866 

Dickens  contributed  twenty-two 
lines,  at  the  beginning  of  Act  III,  to 
this  play  by  Wilkie  Collins,  and  made 
various  suggestions  and  alterations. 
It  was  written  in  1856  and  performed 
at  Tavistock  House  by  Dickens  and 
his  friends  on  January  6,  1857.  A 
few  copies  were  privately  printed  in 
1866. 

210  The  Frozen  Deep.  |  A  Drama,  |  In 
Three  Acts.  |  By  |  Wilkie  Collins.  | 
[Not  published.]     1866. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  buff  paper  wrapper  and 
play  bill  of  first  performance  bound  in. 

156 


THE   WORKS    OF   DICKENS 

First  edition. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
and  ''Persons  of  the  Drama",  pp.  [i]-[3]  > 
text,  pp.  [51-46. 


LEGENDS  AND  LYRICS, 

1866 

In  1 86 1,  the  first  collected  edition  of 
Adelaide  Anne  Procter's  poems  ap- 
peared. A  very  large  number  of  them 
had  first  been  published  in  Household 
Words  and  All  the  Year  Round. 
Miss  Procter  died  on  February  2, 
1864,  and,  in  1866,  a  new  edition  of 
her  works  was  published,  with  an  in- 
troduction by  Dickens,  who  was  a 
warm  friend  of  the  Procter  family. 

211  Legends  And  Lyrics.  |  By  |  Adelaide 
Anne  Procter.  |  With  An  Introduc- 
tion By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  New 
Edition,  With  Additions.  [Five  lines] 
London:  |  Bell  And  Dalby,  186,  Fleet 
Street.  |  1866. 

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Octavo.     Frontispiece-portrait,  plates.    Orig- 
inal green  cloth  cover,  gold-stamped,  bound 
in. 
First  edition  of  the  Introduction  (ii  pages). 


NO  THOROUGHFARE, 

1867 

This  play  is  founded  upon  the  story 
of  that  name  which  constituted  the 
Christmas  Number  of  All  the  Year 
Round,  1867.  It  was  the  work  of 
Dickens  and  Wilkie  Collins,  who 
dramatized  it  on  the  eve  of  Dickens's 
departure  for  his  second  visit  to 
America,  in  November,  1867.  Fors- 
ter  says  that  it  is  the  only  one  of  his 
stories  that  Dickens  himself  helped 
to  dramatize,  but  some  scenes  differ 
so  widely  from  the  story  as  to  be  en- 
titled to  rank  almost  as  an  original 
production.  It  was  first  performed 
on  December  26,  1867,  at  the  Adelphi 
Theater,  during  Dickens's  absence, 
and  met  with  great  success.  Dickens 
158 


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wrote  to  Fechter,  who  played  one  of 
the  principal  roles,  **I  never  did  so 
want  to  see  a  character  played  on  the 
stage  as  I  want  to  see  you  play  Oben- 


reizer''. 


A  privately  printed  edition  of  **No 
Thoroughfare"  appeared  in  London 
in  1867,  versions  were  published  in 
New  York  by  De  Witt  and  French, 
and  it  was  translated  into  French 
(L'Abime),  and  produced  under 
Dickens's  superintendence  in  Paris, 
1868. 

212  No  Thoroughfare.  |  A  Drama.  |  In 
Five  Acts.  |  (Altered  from  the 
Christmas  Story,  for  Performance  on 
the  Stage.)  |  By  |  Charles  Dickens 
and  Wilkie  Collins.  |  London :  |  Pub- 
lished At  The  Office  Of  All  The  Year 
Round,  I  26,  Wellington  Street.  | 
1867.  I  [Entered  At  Stationers' 
Hall.] 

Duodecimo.      Original    buff    printed    paper 

wrapper. 

First  edition. 

159 


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Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
and  "Persons  of  the  Drama",  pp.  [i]-[3] ; 
text,  pp.  [5]-78;  one  unnumbered  leaf  with 
imprint  on  recto. 

213  No  Thoroughfare.  |  A  Drama  |  In 
Five  Acts  And  A  Prologue.  |  By 
Charles  Dickens  And  Wilkie  Collins. 
I  [Nine  lines]  |  New  York:  |  Robert 
M.  De  Witt,  Publisher,  |  No.  33 
Rose  Street.  |  [1868].  [De  Witt's 
Acting  Plays,  No.  14.] 

Duodecimo.  Original  yellow,  printed,  paper 
wrapper  bound  in.  Richard  Heme  Shep- 
herd's copy,  interleaved  and  annotated  by  him. 

214  ..  .  Identity;  or.  No  Thoroughfare. 
By  Louis  Lequel.  Dramatized  from 
the  Christmas  Story  of  Charles  Dick- 
ens and  Wilkie  Collins  .  .  .  New 
York:  Samuel  French  .  .  .  [French's 
Standard  Drama,  No.  348.] 

Duodecimo.  Original  yellow,  printed,  paper 
wrapper. 


160 


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GEORGE  SILVERMAN'S 
EXPLANATION,  1868 

After  Dickens's  return  from  Amer- 
ica, he  was  persuaded  by  James  T. 
Fields  to  write  this  little  story  for  the 
Atlantic  Monthly,  receiving  £1000 
for  the  work,  which  was  the  labor  of 
only  a  few  days.  It  appeared  in  the 
numbers  of  the  magazine  for  Janu- 
ary, February  and  March,  1868,  and 
was  reprinted  in  All  the  Year  Round 
for  February  1,15  and  29. 

215  The  Atlantic  Monthly  for  January, 
February  and  March,  1868,  in  which 
George  Silverman's  Explanation  first 
appeared,  pp.  11 8-1 23,  145-149,  and 
277-283. 

216  George  Silverman's  |  Explanation.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  The  Southern 
Publishing  Company,  Limited,  |  130, 

161 


THE  WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

North  Street,  Brighton,  |  And  |  i6o, 
Fleet  Street,  London.  |  [n.d.] 

Twentyfour-mo.     Original  pink,  printed,  pa- 
per wrapper. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  One  blank  leaf;  title  (with  im- 
print on  verso),  and  text,  pp.  [i]-53. 
On  account  of  the  uncertainty  of  the  date  of 
this  issue  (probably  1878),  the  work  is  en- 
tered under  the  date  of  its  appearance  in  The 
Atlantic  Monthly. 


A  HOLIDAY  ROMANCE, 

1868 

Although  Dickens  had  agreed  to 
write  this  child's  story  for  Ticknor 
and  Fields  of  Boston,  as  early  as 
1866,  it  did  not  appear  until  two  years 
later,  when  it  was  published  in  Our 
Young  Folks  almost  simultaneously 
with  George  Silverman's  Explana- 
tion in  The  Atlantic  Monthly.  For 
it,  also,  Dickens  received  £1000.  It 
ran  through  the  numbers  for  Janu- 
162 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

ary,  March,  April  and  May,  and  was 
accompanied  by  a  portrait  of  the  au- 
thor, four  illustrations  by  John  Gil- 
bert, and  ornamental  initial  letters  by 
G.  G.  White  and  S.  Eytinge.  It  was 
reprinted  in  All  the  Year  Round  the 
same  year. 

217  Original  Manuscript  of  A  Holiday 

Romance. 

Octavo.  30  pp.,  written  in  blue  ink;  with  the 
original  envelope,  addressed  to  Ticknor  and 
Fields,  in  which  it  was  transmitted. 

218  Our  Young  Folks  for  January,  March, 
April  and  May,  1868,  in  which  A 
Holiday  Romance  first  appeared,  pp. 
[i]-7,  [i29]-i36,  [i93]-20o,  and 
[257J-263. 


TOWNSHEND'S  RELIGIOUS 
OPINIONS,  1869 

The   Rev.    Chauncey   Hare   Town- 

shend,  who  is  described  as  a  **tall,  shy, 

163 


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man,  with  something  of  the  Quixote 
in  his  face''  and  a  '^quiet  worshipper'' 
of  Dickens,  died  during  Dickens's 
second  visit  to  America,  appointing 
him  his  literary  executor.  Dickens 
prepared  for  the  press  the  manu- 
script notes  of  Townshend's  Religious 
Opinions,  ^Vhich  he  sincerely  be- 
lieved would  tend  to  the  happiness  of 
mankind",  adding  a  preface.  Town- 
shend  devoted  the  bulk  of  his  property 
to  the  education  of  poor  children.  A 
further  proof  of  Dickens's  attach- 
ment to  Townshend  is  the  fact  that 
he  presented  to  him  the  original 
manuscript  of  Great  Expectations. 

219  Religious  Opinions  |  Of  |  The  Late 
Reverend  |  Chauncy  Hare  Town- 
shend. I  Published  as  directed  in  his 
Will,  I  By  His  Literary  Executor.  | 
London:  |  Chapman  And  Hall,  193, 
Piccadilly.  I  MDCCCLXIX. 

Octavo.     Original  green  cloth  binding,  gold- 
stamped,  with  light  brown  end-papers. 
First  edition.     Dickens's  own  copy,  with  his 
164 


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book-plate  and  book-label.  It  belonged  after- 
wards to  Edmund  Yates,  and  contains  his 
book-plate. 

Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
and  Explanatory  Introduction,  pp.  [i]-v 
(verso  blank) ;  table  of  contents,  p.  [vii] 
(verso  blank);  text  (including  half-titles), 
PP'  [i]~293  (with  imprint  on  verso) ;  one 
blank  leaf. 


THE  MYSTERY  OF  EDWIN 
DROOD,  1870 

The  work  appeared  in  parts  from 
April  to  September,  1870.  Only 
three  numbers  had  been  published 
when  the  author  died  on  June  9,  1 870, 
but  three  others  which  had  been  writ- 
ten appeared  afterwards,  and  the 
completed  portion  was  published  in 
one  volume.  The  last  pages  were 
written  in  the  Swiss  chalet  on  the 
grounds  of  Gad's  Hill  Place,  on  the 
day  preceding  Dickens's  death.  It 
had  been  his  intention  to  complete  it 
in  twelve  monthly  numbers. 

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Samuel  Luke  Flldes,  later  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Royal  Academy,  was 
chosen  to  Illustrate  this  work  on  ac- 
count of  Dickens's  appreciation  of  an 
engraving  by  him  called  Homeless 
and  Hungry,  which  appeared  in  the 
first  number  of  The  Graphic. 

The  original  manuscript  and  some 
corrected  proofs  are  in  the  possession 
of  the  South  Kensington  Museum.  In 
the  fact  that  Dickens  had  made  era- 
sures in  the  proof  which  were  not  re- 
garded by  Forster  in  issuing  the 
posthumous  numbers.  Sir  Robertson 
NicoU  feels  that  he  has  recently  found 
new  clues  in  solving  the  mystery  of 
Dickens's  intended  ending  of  the 
story. 

220  The  Mystery  ]  Of  |  Edwin  Drood.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Twelve 
Illustrations  By  S.  L.  Fildes,  |  And  A 
Portrait.  |  London :  |  Chapman  And 
Hall,  193,  Piccadilly.  1870.  |  [The 
right  of  Translation  is  reserved.] 
Octavo.     In  six  monthly  numbers,  as  issued, 

1.66 


THE  WORKS   OF  DICKENS 

with  original,  green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper 
wrappers,  designed  by  Charles  Collins,  Dick- 
ens's son-in-law. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Title,  (with  imprint  on  verso), 
note  upon  Dickens's  death,  table  of  contents 
and  list  of  illustrations,  pp.  [i-viii] ;  text, 
PP'  [i]-i90J  advertisements,  pp.  [191--192]. 
Frontispiece-portrait  engraved  by  J.  H. 
Baker,  and  12  plates  (including  engraved 
title)  by  S.  L.  Fildes. 


221  The  I  Mystery  Of  Edwin  Drood,  | 
And  I  Some  Uncollected  Pieces.  |  By 
Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations. 
I  Boston:  |  Fields,  Osgood,  &  Co.  | 
1870. 

Octavo.    Original  buff,  printed,  paper  wrap- 
per.    Frontispiece  and  woodcuts. 
First  collected  edition. 

The  "uncollected  pieces"  are  Some  Memoirs 
of  Charles  Dickens,  by  James  T.  Fields, 
George  Silverman's  Explanation,  Holiday 
Romance,  Sketches  of  Young  Couples,  New 
Uncommercial  Samples,  and  The  Will  of 
Charles  Dickens. 

The  Mystery  of  Edwin  Drood  first  appeared 
in  America  as  a  serial  in  a  monthly  Dickens 
Supplement  to  Harper's  Weekly,  from  April 
23  to  October  i,  1870. 

167 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

222  John  Jasper's  Secret:  being  a  Narra- 
tive of  certain  events  following  and 
explaining  **The  Mystery  of  Edwin 
Drood."  With  twenty  illustrations. 
London:  Publishing  Offices  .  .  . 
MDCCCLXXII. 

Octavo.  Frontispiece,  and  woodcut  illustra- 
tions. Issued  in  8  monthly  numbers.  Orig- 
inal green,  printed,  pictorial,  paper  wrappers 
bound  in. 

This  is  probably  by  an  American,  though  the 
authorship  has  been  wrongly  attributed  to 
Wilkie  Collins.  It  appeared  in  The  Chim- 
ney Corner,  New  York,  1871,  and  was  pub- 
lished by  Peterson  and  Brothers  the  same 
year. 


223  The  Mystery  of  Edwin  Drood  Com- 
plete. By  Charles  Dickens.  Brattle- 
boro,  Vt. :  Published  by  T.  P.  James. 

1874. 

Octavo.  Original  green,  printed,  paper  wrap- 
per. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  of  the 
unauthorized  continuations  of  Edwin  Drood. 
The  second  title-page  reads:  Part  Second  of 
the  Mystery  of  Edwin  Drood.  By  the  Spirit- 
Pen  of  Charles  Dickens,  through  a  Medium. 
Embracing,  also,  that  part  of  the  work  which 

168 


THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

was  published  prior  to  the  termination  of  the 
Author's  Earth-Life  .  .  . 


224  The  Mystery  of  Mr.  E.  Drood.  An 
Adaptation  by  Orpheus  C.  Kerr. 
London:  John  Camden  Hotten  .  .  . 
[n.d.] 

Sixteenmo.  Original  buff,  printed,  pictorial, 
paper  wrapper,  with  advertisements.  Fron- 
tispiece and  title-vignette  engraved  on  wood. 
Also  published  by  Ward,  Lock  and  Tyler. 
The  author  was  also  responsible  for  two 
other  unauthorized  continuations  of  Edwin 
Drood,  one  of  them  published  by  Hotten  in 
the  Piccadilly  Annual,  1870,  the  other  being 
The  Cloven  Foot,  New  York,  1870. 


A  CHILD'S  DREAM  OF  A 
STAR,  1 87 1 

This  reminiscence  of  the  childhood 
dreams  of  Dickens  and  his  sister 
Fanny,  who  died  two  years  before  the 
touching  little  story  was  written,  first 
appeared  in  Household  Words  on 
April  6,  1850.  It  was  published  in 
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book  form  by  Fields,  Osgood,  &  Co., 
in  Boston  in  1871. 

225  A  Child's  Dream  |  Of  |  A  Star.  |  By 
Charles  Dickens.  |  With  Illustrations 
By  Hammatt  Billings.  |  Boston:  | 
Fields,  Osgood,  &  Co.  |  1871. 

Duodecimo.     Original  brown  cloth  binding, 
with  gilt  design  on  front  cover,  gilt  edges, 
and  brown  end-papers. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  15  leaves,  printed  on  one  side  of 
the  leaf  only,  with  borders  of  red  lines.  10 
full-page  illustrations  by  Hammatt  Billings, 
engraved  on  wood  by  W.  J.  Linton,  and 
woodcut  initial  and  head-  and  tail-pieces. 

226  Another  Copy,  bound  in  green  cloth. 

227  A   Child's   Dream   of   a   Star.      By 

Charles  Dickens.    London :  Privately 

printed,  1899. 

Twentyfour-mo.  Printed  in  brown,  with 
original  light  blue  glazed-paper  wrapper, 
printed  in  blue  and  gold. 


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CHARLES  DICKENS  ON 
FECHTER'S  ACTING, 

1872 

Dickens  contributed  to  the  August 
number  of  the  Atlantic  Monthly, 
1869,  this  enthusiastic  tribute  to  the 
dramatic  ability  of  his  friend,  Charles 
Fechter,  whose  part  in  the  production 
of  No  Thoroughfare  had  helped  so 
largely  to  make  the  play  a  success,  in 
1867.  The  article  was  entitled.  On 
Mr.  Fechter's  Acting,  and  was  writ- 
ten with  the  purpose  of  introducing 
the  tragedian  to  the  American  public. 
It  was  Dickens's  last  casual  piece  of 
writing,  and  was  reprinted  at  Leeds 
in  1872,  together  with  press  notices 
of  Fechter's  acting. 

228  Charles  Dickens  |  On  |  Fechter's  Act- 
ing; I  Followed  By  The  |  Critical  No- 
tices I   (Extracted  from  the  London 
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Journals)  |  On  His  |  Hamlet,  Othello, 
I  Ruy  Bias,  Lady  Of  Lyons,  |  &c.  | 
J.  H.  Clark,  Steam  Printer,  Leeds,  j 

[1872]. 

Duodecimo.     Original  green,  printed,  paper 

wrapper,  with  title  as  above. 

First  edition. 

Collation:  No  title-page;  text,  pp.  [i]-24. 


THE  LAMPLIGHTER, 

1879 

Although  written  for  Macready, 
and  rehearsed  for  acting,  the  play  is 
not  known  to  have  been  really  pre- 
sented upon  the  stage,  nor  was  it 
printed  during  Dickens's  lifetime. 
Dickens  afterwards  turned  the  farce 
into  a  humorous  story  for  Pic  Nic 
Papers  (see  No.  112). 

229  The  Lamplighter  |  A  Farce  |  By  | 
Charles  Dickens.    |    (1838)    |   Now 
First  Printed  From  A  Manuscript  In 
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The  I  Forster  Collection  At  The 
South  I  Kensington  Museum  |  Lon- 
don I  1879 

Duodecimo.  Original  blue-gray,  printed  pa- 
per wrapper,  two  original  water-color  sketches 
for  frontispiece  by  F.  W.  Pailthorpe,  and  col- 
ored etching  bound  in.  One  of  250  copies 
printed. 
First  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title  (with  register  of  cop- 
ies on  verso),  title,  and  Dramatis  Personae, 
pp.  [1-5] ;  text,  pp.  [7]-45. 


PLAYS  AND  POEMS, 

1882 

In  1882,  Richard  Heme  Shepherd 
published  a  collection  of  Dickens's 
plays  and  poems,  which  was  quickly 
suppressed  as  it  contained  copyright 
matter.  It  was  afterwards  issued 
without  the  copyright  play.  No 
Thoroughfare.  The  plays  in  the 
original  issue  numbered  six,  viz :  The 
Strange  Gentleman,  The  Village  Co- 

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quettes,  Is  she  his  Wife?,  The  Lamp- 
lighter, Mr.  Nightingale's  Diary,  and 
No  Thoroughfare.  To  the  plays  and 
poems  were  added  Miscellanies  in 
Prose,  including  Sunday  under  Three 
Heads,  Threatening  Letter  to 
Thomas  Hood,  Preface  to  Evenings 
of  a  Working  Man,  To  be  read  at 
Dusk,  and  On  Mr.  Fechter's  Acting, 
as  well  as  a  Bibliography  of  Dickens. 


230  The  I  Plays  And  Poems  |  Of  | 
Charles  Dickens  |  With  A  Few  Mis- 
cellanies In  Prose  |  Now  First  Col- 
lected I  Edited  Prefaced  And  Anno- 
tated I  By  I  Richard  Heme  Shepherd 
I  In  Two  Volumes  |  Vol.  I.  |  [Vol. 
II.]  I  London  |  W.  H.  Allen  &  Co.  13 
Waterloo  Place,  S.  W.  |  Publishers 
To  The  India  Office  |  1882  |  (All 
rights  reserved) 
Octavo.  Original  blue  cloth  binding. 
First  collected  edition,  containing  No  Thor- 
oughfare. 

Collation:  Vol.   I:   Half-title,  title    (with 
imprint  on  verso),  and  table  of  contents,  pp. 

174 


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[i]~[5]  (verso  blank) ;  introduction  and  text, 
pp.  [7]-4o6;  imprint,  p.  407. 
Vol.  II:  Half-title,  title  (with  imprint  on 
verso),  and  table  of  contents,  pp.  [i]-vi;  Er- 
rata, p.  [vii]  (verso  blank) ;  text,  pp.  [i]- 
420. 


231  Another  Copy,  on  large  paper,  with 
presentation  inscription  from  the  edi- 
tor to  Osborn  Walford,  and  the  fol- 
lowing statement,  signed  ^Walford 
Bros.,'*  inserted:  **Dickens'  Plays  & 
Poems  2  vols  L.  P.  This  was  sup- 
pressed immediately  upon  publication 
owing  to  copyright  in  No  Thorough- 
fare &  very  few  copies  had  got  into 
the  market,  only  those  presented  for 
review,  and  those  secured  by  our 
firm  in  advance  of  publication.  No 
large  paper  copies  were  sold  in  the 
ordinary  way.  We  secured  twelve 
copies  in  sheets  from  the  printer, 
upon  an  order  from  the  editor  having 
a  foreknowledge  of  the  fact  that  the 
work  would  be  suppressed.  The  pub- 
lishers had  to  pay  a  royalty  upon  all 
copies  not  given  up." 

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A  border  is  added  to  the  pages,  and 
on  the  verso  of  the  half-title  is  *'Only 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty  Copies 
Printed.    No.  -'* 


THE  LAZY  TOUR  OF  TWO 
IDLE  APPRENTICES, 

1890 

These  papers,  the  result  of  a  jour- 
ney made  by  Dickens  and  Wilkie  Col- 
lins, and  the  joint  production  of  the 
two,  were  published  in  the  October 
numbers  of  Household  Words,  1857. 
Portions  of  the  Lazy  Tour  were  re- 
printed for  the  proprietor  of  the  inn 
where  the  two  writers  stayed,  under 
the  title,  Sly's,  King's  Arms  Hotel, 
Lancaster  (7  pp.),  but  it  was  issued 
in  complete  form  for  the  first  time  in 
1890,  together  with  No  Thorough- 
fare (the  All  the  Year  Round  Christ- 
mas story  of  1867),  and  The  Perils 
of  Certain  English  Prisoners  (the 
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Christmas  story  of  Household 
Words,  1857),  both  of  them  joint 
productions  of  Dickens  and  Collins. 

232  The  Lazy  Tour  |  Of  Two  Idle  Ap- 
prentices. I  No  Thoroughfare.  |  The 
Perils  Of  Certain  English  |  Prisoners. 
I  By  I  Charles  Dickens  And  Wilkie 
Collins.  I  With  Illustrations.  |  Lon- 
don :  Chapman  And  Hall,  |  Limited. 
I  1890. 

Octavo.     Original  green  cloth  binding,  with 
black  end-papers. 
First  collected  edition. 

Collation:  Half-title  (with  Note  on  verso), 
title  (with  imprint  on  verso),  table  of  con- 
tents and  list  of  illustrations,  pp.  [i-vii]  ;  text 
(including  half-titles),  pp.  [i]-327.  Wood- 
cut frontispiece  and  plates  by  Arthur  Layard. 


OLD  LAMPS  FOR  NEW 

ONES,  c.  1897 

This  is  a  collection  of  fugitive  pieces, 

— essays,  reviews,  and  other  papers,— 

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contributed  by  Dickens,  many  of  them 
anonymously,  to  The  Examiner,  The 
Daily  News,  Household  Words,  All 
the  Year  Round,  etc.  They  are  here 
brought  together  for  the  first  time, 
and  edited  by  Frederick  G.  Kitton. 
The  letters  to  the  Times  on  Capital 
Punishment,  which  led  to  the  aboli- 
tion of  public  executions,  had  been 
published  separately  in  1849.  The 
Explanatory  Introduction  of  the  Re- 
ligious Opinions  of  the  late  Reverend 
Chauncy  Hare  Townshend  is  in- 
cluded in  the  collection. 

233  Old  Lamps  For  |  New  Ones  |  And 
Other  Sketches  And  Essays  |  Hitherto 
uncollected.  |  By  Charles  Dickens.  | 
Edited,  with  an  introduction,  by  | 
Frederick  G.  Kitton  |  [Three  lines, 
publisher's  mark]  |  New  Amsterdam 
Book  Company  |  156  Fifth  Avenue 
New  York  [c.  1897]. 
Octavo. 

First  collected  edition. 
Collation:  Title  (with  imprint  on  verso), 

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table  of  contents,  and  introduction,  pp.  [i]- 
xvi;  text,  pp.  [5]-344;  publisher's  advertise- 
ments, ID  pp.    Frontispiece  (facsimile). 


MRS.  GAMP  WITH  THE 

STROLLING  PLAYERS, 

1899 

In  1847,  Dickens  and  his  friends  un- 
dertook to  raise  a  fund  for  the  benefit 
of  Leigh  Hunt  by  the  publication  of 
this  humorous  account  of  a  **new  Pil- 
jlan's  ProjIss'\  but  the  artists  who 
promised  to  furnish  the  Illustrations 
failed  to  do  so,  and  the  scheme  was 
given  up.  The  letterpress,  as  pre- 
pared by  Dickens,  was  printed  by 
Mr.  Forster  In  his  Life  of  Dickens. 
It  was  first  published  separately,  from 
the  manuscript  In  the  possession  of 
Mr.  Lowell  M.  Palmer,  In  1899. 

234  Mrs.  Gamp  |  with  the  Strolling  Play- 
ers I  An  I  Unfinished  |  Sketch  |  By  | 
179 


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Charles  Dickens  |  New  York  |  Pri- 
vately Printed  |  MDCCCXCIX. 

Octavo.     Original  white  paper  boards,  let- 
tered in  gold.     One  of  85  copies  printed  at 
the  Gilliss  Press  for  Mr.  Lowell  M.  Palmer, 
from  the  original  manuscript. 
First  separate  edition. 

Collation  :  Three  blank  leaves ;  one  unnum- 
bered leaf  (with  "Printed  for  Mr.  Lowell  M. 
Palmer",  etc.,  on  recto) ;  half-title,  title 
(with  ''eighty-five  copies  printed"  on  verso), 
and  Note,  pp.  [i-x] ;  half-title,  and  text,  pp. 
[1-21].  Frontispiece-portrait,  and  two  plates 
designed  by  F.  W.  Pailthorpe. 


READING  EDITIONS, 

1858,  1868 

It  has  been  said  that  the  germ  of 
Dickens's  public  readings  lay  in  the 
meeting  of  his  friends  at  John  Fors- 
ter's  house,  in  December,  1844,  to 
hear  the  reading  of  The  Chimes.  His 
first  public  appearances  as  a  reader 
were  in  December,  1853,  when  thou- 
sands of  people  listened  with  delight 
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to  the  Christmas  Carol  and  Cricket 
on  the  Hearth,  which  he  read  in  the 
Town  Hall,  at  Birmingham,  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Midland  Institute. 
These  were  followed  by  many  such 
entertainments  for  charitable  pur- 
poses, and  on  April  29,  1858,  he  gave 
his  first  paid  public  reading  in  St. 
Martin's  Hall,  London.  The  series 
thus  begun  continued  through  eigh- 
teen months,  including  readings  in 
the  principal  cities  of  England,  and  in 
Scotland  and  Ireland.  It  was  fol- 
lowed by  three  other  series  in  Great 
Britain,  in  1861-1863,  1866-1867, 
and  1 868-1 870,  as  well  as  by  a  course 
in  America,  during  his  second  visit, 
from  November,  1867,  ^^  April, 
1868. 

For  these  readings,  special  editions 
were  arranged  by  him  of  his  favorites 
among  the  Christmas  Books,  and  se- 
lections from  other  works,  and  were 
published  by  Bradbury  and  Evans, 
1858.  On  the  occasion  of  his  visit 
to  America,  in  1868,  Ticknor  and 
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Fields,  in  Boston,  issued  his  various 
readings  in  twelve  or  more  small 
pamphlets,  each  bearing  Dickens's  en- 
dorsement on  the  verso  of  the  title- 
page,  and  containing  two  readings. 
Several  of  them  had  not  been  pub- 
lished in  the  English  reading  editions. 

For  Dickens's  privately  printed  adaptations, 
see  No.  246. 

235  A  Christmas  Carol.  |  In  Prose.  |  Be- 
ing I  A  Ghost  Story  of  Christmas.  | 
By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  | 
Bradbury  &  Evans,  11,  Bouverie 
Street.  |  1858. 

Sixteenmo.  Original,  green,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrapper. 

236  The  Chimes:  |  A  Goblin  Story  [  Of  | 
Some  Bells  That  Rang  An  Old  Year 
Out  I  And  A  New  Year  In.  |  By  | 
Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  |  Brad- 
bury &  Evans,  11,  Bouverie  Street.  | 
1858. 

Sixteenmo.  Original,  green,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrapper. 

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237  The  I  Cricket  On  The  Hearth.  |  A  | 
Fairy  Tale  of  Home.  |  By  |  Charles 
Dickens.  |  London:  |  Bradbury  & 
Evans,  11,  Bouverie  Street.  |  1858. 

Sixteenmo.  Original,  green,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrapper. 

238  The  Poor  Traveller:  |  Boots  At  The 
Holly-Tree  Inn :  |  And  |  Mrs.  Gamp. 
I  By  I  Charles  Dickens.  |  London:  | 
Bradbury  &  Evans,  11,  Bouverie 
Street.  |  1858. 

Sixteenmo.  Original,  green,  printed,  paper 
wrapper.  With  letter  from  Dickens  to  a 
child  ("My  dear  Lily")  inserted;  the  letter 
ends:  "So  God  bless  you,  and  me,  and  Uncle 
Harry,  and  the  Boots,  And  Long  Life  and 
Happiness  to  us  all!" 

239  The  Story  |  Of  |  Little  Dombey.  |  By 
I  Charles  Dickens.  |  London :  |  Brad- 
bury &  Evans,  11,  Bouverie  Street.  | 
1858. 

Sixteenmo.  Original,  green,  printed,  pic- 
torial, paper  wrapper. 

240  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens,  |  As  Condensed  By  Himself. 
I  A  Christmas  Carol   |  And  |  The 

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Trial  From  Pickwick.  |  Illustrated 
Copyright  Edition.  |  Boston  And 
New  York:  |  Ticknor  And  Fields.  | 
1868.  I  Price,  25  Cents. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    blue,    printed,    paper 

wrapper,    with    general   title,    as    above.      2 

illustrations  by  Sol.  Eytinge. 

Each    selection   has    separate    title-page    and 

pagination. 

241  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens,  |  As  Condensed  By  Himself. 
I  David  Copperfield  |  And  |  Mr.  Bob 
Sawyer's  Party  |  (From  Pickwick).  | 
Illustrated  Copyright  Edition.  |  Bos- 
ton And  New  York:  |  Ticknor  And 
Fields:  |  1868.  |  Price,  25  Cents. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  blue,  printed,  paper 
wrapper,  with  general  title,  as  above.  2 
illustrations  by  Sol.  Eytinge. 

Each  selection  has  separate  title-page  and 
pagination. 

242  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens,  |  As  Condensed  By  Himself. 
I  Nicholas  Nickleby  |  (At  Mr. 
Squeers's  School)    |  And  |  Boots  At 

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The  Holly-Tree  Inn.  |  Illustrated 
Copyright  Edition.  |  Boston  And 
New  York:  |  Ticknor  And  Fields.  | 
1868.  I  Price,  25  Cents. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    blue,    printed,    paper 

wrapper,    with    general    title,    as    above.      2 

illustrations  by  Sol.  Eytinge. 

Each    selection    has    separate    title-page    and 

pagination. 

243  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens,  |  As  Condensed  By  Himself. 
I  The  Story  Of  Little  Dombey  |  And 
I  The  Trial  From  Pickwick.  |  Illus- 
trated Copyright  Edition.  |  Boston 
And  New  York:  |  Ticknor  And 
Fields.  I  1868.  I  Price,  25  Cents. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    blue,    printed,    paper 

wrapper,    with    general    title,    as    above.      2 

illustrations  by  Sol.  Eytinge. 

Each   selection   has   separate   title-page    and 

pagination. 

244  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens,  |  As  Condensed  By  Himself. 
I  Nicholas  Nickleby  |  (At  Mr. 
Squeers's  School)  |  And  |  The  Trial 

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From  Pickwick.  |  Illustrated  Copy- 
right Edition.  |  Boston  And  New 
York:  |  Ticknor  And  Fields:  |  1868. 
I  Price,  25  Cents. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    blue,    printed,    paper 

wrapper,    with    general   title,    as    above.      2 

illustrations  by  Sol.  Eytinge. 

Each   selection   has   separate   title-page    and 

pagination. 

245  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Mr.  Charles 
,  Dickens,  |  As  Condensed  By  Himself. 
I  Doctor  Marigold  |  And  |  The  Trial 
From  Pickwick.  |  Illustrated  Copy- 
right Edition.  |  Boston  And  New 
York:  |  Ticknor  And  Fields.  |  1868. 
I  Price,  25  Cents. 

Sixteenmo.      Original    blue,    printed,    paper 

wrapper,    with    general   title,    as    above.      2 

illustrations  by  Sol.  Eytinge. 

Each   selection   has   separate    title-page    and 

pagination. 


246  Dickens's  own  Copies  of  his  adapta- 
tions of  his  works  for  public  readings, 
with  numerous  manuscript  additions, 
i86 


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erasures  and  notes  for  expression  and 

gestures. 

Nine  volumes  printed  especially  for  Dickens's 
use  in  his  readings,  and  two  volumes  with 
text  of  ordinary  editions  inlaid  and  altered. 
With  Dickens's  book-plate  and  label. 

Charles  Kent,  in  his  work  on  Dickens  as  a 
Reader,  thus  refers  to  these  volumes,  several 
of  which  were  privately  printed,  others  differ- 
ing from  the  ordinary,  published  reading  edi- 
tions in  the  points  described  below :  "Reprinted 
in  their  new  shape,  each  as  *A  Reading,'  they 
were  then  touched  and  retouched  by  their 
author,  pen  in  hand,  until,  at  the  end  of  a 
long  succession  of  revisions,  the  pages  came 
to  be  cobwebbed  over  with  a  wonderfully  in- 
tricate network  of  blots  and  lines  in  the  way 
of  correction  or  of  obliteration.  Several  of 
the  leaves  in  this  way,  what  with  the  black 
letter-press  on  the  white  paper,  being  scored 
out  or  interwoven  with  a  tracery  in  red  ink 
and  blue  ink  alternately,  present  to  view  a 
curiously  parti-coloured  or  tesselated  appear- 
ance." 

a.  Nicholas  Nickleby  |  At  The  York- 
shire School.  I  A  Reading.  |  In  Four 
Chapters.  |  Privately  Printed. 

Octavo.  All  the  pages  except  one  have  era- 
sures or  additions  in  ink,  nearly  all  of  which 
were  incorporated  in  the  American  reading 
edition,  1868. 

187 


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This  and  the  following  five  numbers  were 
printed  in  London  by  William  Clowes  and 
Sons. 

b.  David  Copperfield.  |  A  Reading.  | 
In  Five  Chapters.  |  Privately  Printed. 
Octavo.  All  the  pages  except  five  have 
erasures  or  additions  in  ink,  nearly  all  of 
which  were  incorporated  in  the  American 
reading  edition,  1868, 

c.  Mrs.    Lirriper's    Lodgings.    |    A 
Reading.  |  Privately  Printed. 
Octavo.    The  first  chapter  only.    No  altera- 
tions in  ink. 

d.  Barbox  Brothers.   |  The  Boy  At 
Mugby.    I  The  Signalman.   |  Three 
Readings.  |  Privately  Printed. 
Octavo.     Ninety-four  pages  have  alterations 
in  ink. 

e.  The  |  Bastille  Prisoner.  |  A  Read- 
ing. I  From  ^*A  Tale  Of  Two 
Cities.''  I  In  Three  Chapters.  |  Pri- 
vately Printed. 

Octavo.  Thirty-five  pages  have  erasures  and 
notes  for  gestures;  a  few  manuscript  altera- 
tions in  text. 

f.  The  Chimes:  |  A  Reading.  |  In 
Three  Parts.  |  By  Charles  Dickens.  | 
(Not  Published.) 

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Octavo.  All  the  pages  except  three  have 
alterations  in  ink.  Included  in  the  pagination, 
but  with  a  separate  title-page,  is:  Sikes  and 
Nancy:  |  A  Reading  |  From  |  Oliver  Twist.  | 
By  Charles  Dickens.  Three  pages  in  manu- 
script are  added  to  the  latter. 
This  is  not  the  same  edition  as  No.  236,  dif- 
fering in  type  and  text. 

g.  The  Poor  Traveller:  |  Boots  At 
The  Holly-Tree  Inn:  |  And  |  Mrs. 
Gamp.  I  By  Charles  Dickens.  |  Lon- 
don: I  1858.  [Bradbury  &  Evans's 
imprint  on  verso  of  title-page.] 
Octavo.  Every  page  has  alterations  in  ink, 
and  there  are  four  additional  pages  of  manu- 
script and  pasted  additions  from  other  edi- 
tions. 

This  is  not  the  same  edition  as  No.  238,  the 
text  and  the  make-up  of  the  pages  in  several 
places  (as  well  as  the  title-page)  differing 
slightly  from  it. 

h.   [The  Story  of  Little  Dombey.] 

Octavo.     Every  page  has  alterations  in  ink, 

several  pages  being  completely  obliterated  by 

red   ink,   and  others   pasted  together.     The 

manuscript  additions  amount  to  about  three 

pages. 

This  is  the  same  edition  as  No.  239,  printed 

on  larger  paper. 

i.  The  Readings  |  Of  |  Charles  Dick- 

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ens    I   As  Arranged  And  Read  By 
Himself  |  Dr.  Marigold.  |  [n.d.]. 

Quarto.    With  annotation. 

j.  A  Christmas  Carol  .  .  .  Twelfth 
edition.    London,  1849. 
The     leaves     are     inlaid,     with     alterations 
throughout,  in  ink. 

k.  The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth  .  .  . 
Seventh  edition.    London,  1846. 
The     leaves     are     inlaid,     with     alterations 
throughout,  in  ink. 


190 


SPEECHES 

In  describing  a  dinner  at  which 
Dickens  was  present,  Forster  wrote: 
**Dickens  spoke  with  that  wonderful 
instinct  of  knowing  what  to  abstain 
from  saying  as  well  as  what  to  say 
which  made  his  after-dinner  speeches 
unique.''  A  glance  at  the  titles  of  his 
numerous  speeches  shows  the  variety 
of  his  sympathies  and  interests. 

247  Report  Of  The  Dinner  Given  To 
Charles  Dickens,  In  Boston,  Febru- 
ary I,  1842  .  .  .  Boston:  William 
Crosby  And  Company  1842. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  buff  wrapper.  Copy  of 
Josiah  M.  Field,  who  was  present  at  the  din- 
ner, and  sang  an  original  song.  Dickens's 
Speech,  pp.  10-15. 

248  Quozziana  ...  By  Sampson  Short- 

and-Fat  .  .  .  Boston:  William  White 

.  .  .  1842. 

Sixteenmo.  Original  green  wrapper.  A  par- 
ody of  No.  247. 

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249  Address  Written  For  The  Occasion 
Of  The  Amateur  Performance  at 
Manchester,  On  Monday,  July  26, 
1847,  For  The  Benefit  Of  Mr.  Leigh 
Hunt.  By  Mr.  Serjeant  Talfourd. 
Spoken  By  Mr.  Charles  Dickens. 
Octavo.    Original  buff  wrapper. 

250  Proceedings  At  The  Second  [Fourth, 
Fifth,  Seventh,  Eighth  (misprinted 
Ninth),  Tenth,  and  Twenty-first]  An- 
niversary Festival  [s]  Of  The  Gen- 
eral Theatrical  Fund,  Held  At  The 
London  Tavern  .  .  .  London :  [vari- 
ous imprints]  1847,  [1849,  1850, 
1852,  1853,  1855,  1866.] 

Duodecimo.  Original  buff  wrappers,  and  limp 
red  cloth.  Each  pamphlet  contains  the  report 
of  a  speech  by  Dickens. 

251  The  Newsvendors'  Benevolent  & 
Provident  Institution.  Speeches 
[ 1 849-1 870]  In  Behalf  Of  The 
Institution,  By  The  Late  Mr.  Charles 
Dickens,  President.  London :  Printed 
By  Buck  &  Wootton  .  .  . 

Duodecimo.    Stitched. 

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SPEECHES 

252 Address  ...  On  The  Occasion 

Of  The  Annual  Festival  .  .  .  May 
I  9th,  1865. 

Octavo.    A  folder,  with  title  and  2  pp.  of  text. 

253  The  Public  Health  A  Public  Ques- 
tion.  First  Report  Of  The  Metro- 
politan Sanitary  Association  .  .  .  Pro- 
ceedings Of  The  Public  Meeting 
Held  at  Freemasons'  Hall,  Feb.  6th, 
1850  ..  .  Published  by  the  Associ- 
ation .   .   .    1850. 

Octavo.    Stitched.    Dickens's  Speech,  pp.  24- 
26. 

254  Original  Manuscript  of  Speech  de- 
livered at  Gore  House,  May  loth, 
1851. 

255  Speech  Of  Charles  Dickens  Delivered 
At  Gore  House,  Kensington,  May 
10,  1 85 1.  Printed  From  The  Orig- 
inal Autograph  Manuscript  .  .  .  The 
Bibliophile  Society,  Boston,  MDCD- 
IX 

Octavo.    Original  blue  wrapper. 

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256  Speech  Of  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.,  De- 
livered At  The  Meeting  Of  The  Ad- 
ministrative Reform  Association,  At 
The  Theatre  Royal,  Drury  Lane, 
Wednesday,  June  27,  1855.  London: 
Effingham  Wilson  .  .  .  1855.  Price 
Twopence. 

Octavo.      Stitched,   with    imprint   of    M.    S. 
Rickerby  at  end. 

257  Another  Issue,  with  title-page  read- 
ing: ''.  .  .  At  Drury  Lane  Theatre, 
on  Wednesday,  June  27,  1855.  Lon- 
don: M.  S.  Rickerby,  Printer,  73, 
Cannon  Street,  City.  1855.''  Rick- 
erby's  imprint  appears  also  at  the 
end. 

258  Speech  Of  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.  On 
Behalf  Of  The  Hospital  for  Sick 
Children  .  .  .  [February  9th,  1858]. 
London:  Printed  By  Folkard  &  Sons 
.  .   .   1874. 

Twentyfour-mo.    Original  yellow  wrapper. 

259  Royal  Dramatic  College,  For  Aged 
and  Infirm  Actors  and  Actresses  .  .  . 

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SPEECHES 

London :  Printed  By  William  Clowes 

&Sons  .  .   .   1858. 

Duodecimo.  Original  yellow  wrapper.  Con- 
tains report  of  meeting,  July  21,  1858,  with 
Dickens's  Speech,  pp.  12-14. 

260  Speech  Of  Charles  Dickens  As  Chair- 
man of  the  Anniversary  Festival  Din- 
ner Of  The  Royal  Free  Hospital, 
Held  at  the  Freemasons'  Tavern,  on 
the  6th  of  May,  1863.  London: 
Wyman  &  Sons  .   .  .    [1870]. 

Duodecimo.  Stitched.  Accompanied  by  the 
corrected  galley  proof  of  the  speech  from  The 
Mirror,  with  autograph  letter  from  Dickens 
complimenting  the  reporter. 

261  The  Charles  Dickens  Dinner.  An 
Authentic  Record  Of  The  Public  Ban- 
quet Given  To  Mr.  Charles  Dickens, 
At  The  Freemasons  Hall,  London, 
.  .  .  November  2,  1867,  Prior  To 
His  Departure  For  The  United 
States.  London :  Chapman  And  Hall 
.   .  .   1867. 

Octavo.    Stitched. 

262  Address  Delivered  At  The  Birming- 
ham and  Midland  Institute,  On  The 

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27th  September,  1869.     By  Charles 
Dickens,  Esquire,  President. 
Octavo.    Original  green  wrapper. 

263  Speeches  Literary  And  Social  By 
Charles  Dickens.  Now  First  Col- 
lected. With  Chapters  on  ''Charles 
Dickens  As  A  Letter  Writer,  Poet, 
And  Public  Reader."  London  John 
Camden  Hotten,  Piccadilly  [1870]. 

Duodecimo.     Frontispiece-portrait.     Original 
green  cloth  cover  bound  in. 
First  collected  edition. 


196 


MISCELLANEOUS 
DICKENSIANA 

264  The  Late  Mr.  Justice  Talfourd. 

Octavo.  A  black-edged  folder,  with  printed 
notice  of  Justice  Talfourd's  death  on  the 
first  page,  together  with  the  following  in 
Dickens's  handwriting:  "Household  Words 
25th  March  1854.  Not  yet  published."  On 
the  third  page  is  an  autograph  letter  from 
Dickens  to  Toole,  dated  March  17,  1854,  ^^- 
scribing  the  circumstances  of  Talfourd's 
death,  which  occurred  on  March  13,  and  say- 
ing: "The  little  remembrance  on  the  other 
side  is,  of  course,  mine."  Accompanied  by 
Household  Words,  March  25,  1854,  contain- 
ing the  notice. 

265  In  Memoriam  [William  Makepeace 
Thackeray].  By  Charles  Dickens. 
(In  The  Cornhill  Magazine,  Febru- 
ary, 1864,  pp.  [I29]-I32.) 

Octavo.    Original  yellow  wrapper. 

266  The  Gad's  Hill  Gazette,  1 864-1 865. 

Quarto  and  octavo.  12  numbers  and  2 
supplements,  in  manuscript,  stylographed  and 

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printed.  Charles  Kent's  copies,  addressed  to 
him,  some  with  envelopes.  Bound  by  San- 
gorsky  and  Sutcliffe,  with  six  pages  of  de- 
scription on  vellum,  with  illuminations. 
These  little  papers  by  Dickens's  children,  re- 
cording events  at  Gad's  Hill,  were  edited  by 
his  sixth  son,  Henry  Fielding  Dickens.  The 
numbers  are  dated  August  6,  13,  20,  27, 
[1864],  January  6,  14,  21,  28,  February  4, 
August  5,  19,  26,  1865,  the  first  (No.  14) 
being  in  manuscript,  the  next  three  repro- 
duced by  means  of  copying  paper,  and  the 
remainder  printed  on  the  little  press  pre- 
sented to  the  family  by  W.  H.  Wills.  Dick- 
ens is  said  to  have  made  occasional  contri- 
butions, and  in  the  number  for  August  13 
a  note  is  added  in  his  handwriting.  A  fac- 
simile of  the  number  for  August  5,  1865,  has 
been  issued. 

267  The  Gad's  Hill  Gazette,  December 
30,  1865,  and  January  6,  1866. 

Corrected  proof  of  the  number  for  December 
30.  The  number  for  January  6  was  "con- 
trary to  our  usual  custom  .  .  .  sent  to  Print- 
ers". These  two  numbers  have  the  Dickens 
crest  added  to  the  title. 

268  The  Great  International  Walking 
Match  of  February  29,  1868.  The 
Articles  of  Agreement  signed  by  The 

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MISCELLANEOUS  DICKENSIANA 

Man  of  Ross  otherwise  George 
Dolby,  The  Boston  Bantam  other- 
wise James  R.  Osgood,  Massachu- 
setts Jemmy  otherwise  James  T. 
Fields,  The  Gad's  Hill  Gasper  other- 
wise Charles  Dickens;  witnessed  by 
A.  V.  S.  Anthony.  Followed  by  a  de- 
scription of  the  match  by  Dickens, 
who  was  one  of  the  umpires. 

Broadside,  in  original  frame  selected  by  Dick- 
ens. There  are  said  to  have  been  five  copies 
printed,  one  for  each  of  the  above  mentioned 
gentlemen. 

269  More  Hints  On  Etiquette  .  .  .  Lon- 
don: Charles  Tilt  .  .  .  MDCCC- 
XXXVIII. 

Twentyfour-mo.  Original  limp  maroon  cover, 
w^ith  gold  design.  Woodcuts  by  George 
Cruikshank. 

This  has  been  attributed  to  Dickens  on  the 
strength  of  a  page  in  his  handwriting,  bound 
w^ith  the  original  manuscript  (see  next  num- 
ber). F.  G.  Kitton,  however,  wrote  in  The 
Athenaeum,  September  11,  1897,  that,  having 
compared  the  page  in  Dickens's  autograph 
with  the  printed  text,  he  found  "no  such  pas- 
sages, nor  anything  approximating  thereto,  as 
those  in  the  particular  page  of  manuscript, 

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which,  however,  treats  the  subject  of  etiquette 
in  the  same  humorous  way." 


270  Original  Manuscript,  In  handwriting 
resembling  George  Cruikshank's,  con- 
taining the  general  outline  of  More 
Hints  on  Etiquette. 

Quarto.  21  leaves,  with  one  page  in  Dick- 
ens's handwriting  (see  preceding  number), 
and  several  letters  to  Cruikshank  bound  in. 
On  the  versos  of  leaves  14  and  15  are  sketches 
showing  Cruikshank's  first  ideas  for  the  plate, 
Oliver  plucks  up  Spirit,  in  Oliver  Twist. 

271  The  Loving  Ballad  of  Lord  Bateman 
.  .  .  London:  Charles  Tilt  .  .  . 
MDCCCXXXIX. 

Twentyfour-mo.  Original  limp  green  cover, 
with  gold  design  by  George  Cruikshank.  12 
plates  by  Cruikshank. 

Although  this  has  been  attributed  to  Thack- 
eray, Cruikshank  and  Dickens,  it  is  now 
thought,  with  reasonable  certainty,  that  the 
ballad  is  by  Thackeray  and  the  preface  and 
notes  by  Dickens. 

272  Lizzie  Leigh.  A  Domestic  Tale, 
from      ^^Household      Words/'      by 

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MISCELLANEOUS   DICKENSIANA 

Charles  Dickens.  New  York:  De- 
Witt  &  Davenport  .  .  .   1850. 

Duodecimo.  Original  buff  wrapper.  Writ- 
ten by  Mrs.  Gaskell. 

273  A  Pottery  Story.  By  Charles  Dick- 
ens. Boston:  Jones,  McDuffee  & 
Stratton,  1878. 

Duodecimo.  Original  buff  wrapper.  Used 
as  an  advertisement.  In  spite  of  his  name  on 
the  title-page,  there  seems  to  be  no  reason  for 
attributing  this  to  Dickens. 

274  A  Letter  from  Hop-O'-My-Thumb 
to  Charles  Dickens,  Esq.  Upon 
*Trauds  on  the  Fairies'',  'Whole 
Hogs",  etc.  [At  end]  London:  Pub- 
lished by  D.  Bogue  .   .   . 

Duodecimo.  8  pp.,  stitched.  2  woodcuts  by 
George  Cruikshank,  whose  autograph  ap- 
pears on  p.  [i].  Accompanied  by  George 
Cruikshank's  Magazine,  February,  1854,  ^^ 
which  this  letter  by  Cruikshank  appeared. 

275  Poem  delivered  before  the  Pickwick 
Club,  Dorchester,  at  the  Tenth  Anni- 
versary Meeting  ...  By  Francis  P. 

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Denny.    Boston :  Printed  for  Private 

Circulation.     1866. 

Octavo.    Original  yellow  wrapper. 

276  Lloyd's  Pickwickian  Twelfth  Night 
Characters  ! ! ! 

Broadside,  colored. 

277  Prospectus  of  the  ^^Charles  Dickens'' 
Mining  Company,  Idaho,  U.  S.  A. 

278  Poster  announcing  Dickens  ^Tinal 
Farewell  Readings"  at  Tremont 
Temple,  Boston,  April  1-3,  and  6-8, 
1868. 

With  this  are  bound  the  following  songs  and 
early  programmes  of  plays  founded  upon 
Dickens's  works:  Programmes — The  Strange 
Gentleman,  The  Pickwickians,  The  Cricket 
on  the  Hearth,  The  Crummleses,  The  Ad- 
ventures of  Martin  Chuzzlewit.  Songs — 
Dora,  Agnes,  What  are  the  Wild  Waves  say- 
ing?. Little  Nell,  Floating  away.  Tiny  Tim, 
A  Christmas  Carol,  The  Boy  at  Mugby, 
Mrs.  Lirriper's  Lodgings,  and  Great  Expec- 
tations. Also,  The  Dora  Polka,  Tom  Tid- 
dler's Polka,  The  Nicholas  Nickleby  Quad- 
rilles, and  Dickens's  own  song.  The  Ivy 
Green,  with  music  by  Henry  Russell. 

202 


MISCELLANEOUS  DICKENSIANA 

279  Engravings  after  portraits  of  Dick- 
ens's Characters,  painted  by  W.  P. 
Frith. 

a.  Dolly  Varden.  Engraved  by  S. 
W.  Reynolds ;  colored. 

b.  Dolly  Varden.  Engraved  by  C. 
E.  Wagstaffe;  colored. 

c.  Dolly  Varden  and  Miss  Haredale. 
Engraved  by  S.  W.  Reynolds  and 
G.  S.  Shury. 

d.  Kate  Nickleby.  Engraved  by  W. 
Holl. 

280  Illustrations  to  the  Household  Edi- 
tion of  Dickens's  Works,  1871--1879. 

281  Twenty  Scenes  from  the  Works  of 
Dickens  designed  and  etched  by 
Christopher  Coveny.     Sydney,  1883. 

282  [Two]  Series  of  Character  Sketches 
from  Dickens.  From  Original  Draw- 
ings by  Frederick  Barnard.  London, 
i884[-85]. 

Each  series  contains  six  plates,  in  portfolio. 
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283  People  of  Dickens.  Drawn  by  C.  D. 
Gibson.    New  York,  1897. 

Six  plates,  in  portfolio. 

283a  Dickens's  Children.  Ten  Draw- 
ings by  Jessie  Willcox  Smith.  New 
York,  191 2. 

10  proofs. 

284  John  Gilpin.  Drawn  and  etched  by 
Hablot  K.  Browne. 

The  first  independent  work  of  Dickens's 
greatest  illustrator,  for  which,  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  he  was  awarded  a  silver  medal 
offered  by  the  Society  of  Arts  for  "the  best 
representation  of  an  historical  subject." 


285  Welcome  to  Charles  Dickens.  The 
Boz  Ball.  To  be  given  under  the 
direction  of  a  Committee  of  Citizens 
of  New  York,  at  the  Park  Theatre, 
on  the  Evening  of  the  Fourteenth  of 
February  next.    New  York,  1842. 

286  Boz  in  New  York. 

Eight  pages,   folio,  in  newspaper   type,  with 
204 


MISCELLANEOUS   DICKENSIANA 

illustrations,  giving  an  account  of  Dickens's 
arrival,  the  "Boz  Ball,"  etc. 


287  Account  of  the  Ball  given  in  honor  of 
Charles  Dickens  in  New  York  City, 
February  14,  1842,  from  the  New 
York  Aurora-Extra.  Privately  print- 
ed, Cedar  Rapids,  1908. 

288  The  Battle  of  London  Life;  or,  Boz 

and  his  Secretary.     With  six  designs 

on  stone  by  George  Sala.     London, 

1849. 

This  plagiaristic  attempt,  with  pictorial  cover, 
is  by  Captain  O'Keefe,  and  is  chiefly  inter- 
esting for  its  frontispiece,  "Boz"  in  his  Study, 
by  George  Sala. 

289  Charles  Dickens:  Critical  Biography 
.  .  .  London,  1858.  (Our  Contem- 
poraries, No.  I.) 

290  Charles  Dickens.  By  George  Augus- 
tus Sala.    London,  [n.d.] 

A  slightly  extended  reprint  of  Sala's  article, 
which  appeared  in  the  Daily  Telegraph  on 
June  10,  1870,  the  day  after  Dickens's  death. 

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291  Sermon  preached  by  Arthur  Penrhyn 
Stanley,  D.D.,  Dean  of  Westminster 
Abbey,  June  19,  1870  .  .  .  being  the 
Sunday  following  the  Funeral  of 
Charles  Dickens.    London,  1870. 

292  *These  to  his  Memory.''  A  Christ- 
mas Memorial  of  the  Greatest  of 
Christmas  Writers,  Charles  Dickens. 
By  A.  B.  Hume.  London,  Christmas, 
1870. 

293  The  Life  of  Charles  Dickens.  By 
John  Forster.  London,  1872 [-74]. 
Three  volumes.     Charles  Kent's  copy. 

294  Scrap-book  containing  newspaper  clip- 
pings about  Dickens  and  his  works. 

294a  Sargeant  Bell,  and  his  Raree-Show 
.   .  .  London,  Thomas  Tegg,  1839. 

Twentyfour-mo.       Original     cloth     binding. 
Woodcuts  by  Cruikshank  and  others. 
Incorrectly  associated  with  Dickens. 


206 


MANUSCRIPTS  AND  LETTERS 

The  South  Kensington  Museum  pos- 
sesses an  unrivalled  collection  of 
Dickens's  Manuscripts,  bequeathed 
by  John  Forster,  to  whom  Dickens 
presented  them,  either  personally,  or 
through  his  bequest  of  **such  manu- 
scripts of  my  published  works  as  may 
be  in  my  possession  at  the  time  of  my 
decease''.  It  is  therefore  impossible 
to  gather  elsewhere  a  large  collection 
of  the  manuscripts  of  the  author's 
masterpieces.  Under  these  circum- 
stances, we  feel  that  we  are  to  be 
congratulated  upon  being  able  to  ex- 
hibit, either  entire  or  in  part,  the 
manuscripts  of  Pickwick  Papers  (No. 
30),  Sketches  of  Young  Gentlemen 
(No.  80),  Nicholas  Nickleby  (No. 
86),  A  Christmas  Carol  (No.  115), 
The  Battle  of  Life  (No.  148),  Out 
of  Town  (No.  165),  The  Best  Au- 
thority (No.  168),  His  Brown  Paper 
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Parcel  (No.  187),  Hunted  Down 
(No.  198),  and  A  Holiday  Romance 
(No.  217),  besides  outline  drafts  of 
several  short  stories  (Nos.  166,  167, 
186  and  188),  the  Gore  House 
Speech  (No.  254),  and  the  following 
miscellaneous  numbers. 

Lack  of  space  prevents  us  from 
showing  more  than  a  representative 
number  of  autograph  letters,  in  addi- 
tion to  those  already  mentioned  in 
connection  with  previous  numbers.  A 
few  volumes  containing  published  let- 
ters are  added  to  this  section. 

295  Original  Petty  Cash  Book  kept  by 
Charles  Dickens  when  employed  as  a 
lawyer's  clerk,  in  the  office  of  Edward 
Blackmore,  Gray's  Inn. 

Quarto.  26  pp.  The  entries  are  dated  from 
January  5  to  March  16,  1828. 

296  First  Page  of  Dickens's  unpublished 
travesty,  The  O'Thello,  written  in 
1832-33. 

Quarto. 

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297  Original  Manuscript  of  Dreadful 
Hardships  endured  by  the  Ship- 
wrecked Crew  of  *^The  London''. 

Quarto.  One  page,  contributed  to  Punch, 
but  not  published. 

298  Verses  addressed  to  Mark  Lemon, 
entitled  New  Song. 

299  Original  Manuscript  of  the  Prologue 

(48  lines)  which  Dickens  wrote  for 

J.    W.    Marston's    The    Patrician's 

Daughter,  1842. 

Quarto.  Dickens  also  wrote  the  prologue  of 
The  Lighthouse,  by  Wilkie  Collins,  and  con- 
tributed The  Song  of  the  Wreck  to  the  same 
work. 

300  Original  Manuscript  Parody  on 
Gray's   Elegy. 

Quarto,    i^  pp. 

300a  Original  Articles  of  Agreement  for 
American  copyright  of  Dickens's 
works:— Fred:  Chapman  and  James 
Ripley  Osgood. 

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THE    WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

301  Collection  of  nine  Autograph  Letters 
from  Dickens  to  Angus  Fletcher, 
Richard  Bentley,  Chapman  and  Hall, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Macready,  John 
Auldjo,  Mrs.  Watson  and  Archibald 
Mitchie,  written  from  1839  to  1867. 
Bound  with  a  collection  of  engraved 
portraits,  representing  Dickens  at 
various  ages. 

302  Collection  of  miscellaneous  Auto- 
graph Letters  from  Dickens,  with  his 
visiting  card  and  photograph. 

303  Autograph  Letter  (3  pp.)  from  Dick- 
ens to  Washington  Irving,  dated  Sep- 
tember 28,  1 841,  announcing  his  ap- 
proaching visit  to  America. 

Accompanied  by  autograph  letter  from  R.  H. 
Dana,  Jr.,  to  Edward  Moxon,  describing 
Dickens's  reception  in  Boston,  and  an  orig- 
inal water-color  drawing  by  George  H. 
Boughton,  illustrating  a  scene  described  in 
this  letter: — *'He  found  the  ante  room,  stair- 
case, &c.,  lined  with  females,  young  &  old". 

304  A  Stray  Leaf  from  the  Correspon- 
dence   of    Washington    Irving    and 

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MANUSCRIPTS  AND  LETTERS 

Charles  Dickens.  By  William  Loring 

Andrews.    New  York,  1894. 

Descriptive  of  the  preceding.  One  of  15 
copies  with  the  frontispiece  in  three  states. 

305  Dickens's  signature,  dated  ^'Tremont 
House,  Boston.  Second  February, 
1842.'' 

306  Autograph  Letter  from  Dickens  de- 
scribing his  visit  to  Niagara  Falls, 
1842. 

307  Two  Autograph  Letters  from  Dick- 
ens to  Joseph  Jenkins,  dated  May, 
1 85 1,  in  regard  to  Jenkins's  design 
for  a  ticket  of  admission  to  the  per- 
formances of  the  Guild  of  Literature 
and  Art. 

Accompanied  by  Jenkins's  original  drawing 
for  the  ticket  and  three  proofs,  and  by  a  dif- 
ferent ticket  for  the  Guild's  performance  at 
Birmingham,  May  12,  1852,  ''Etched  by  T.  O. 
Barlow,  from  a  Design  by  E.  M.  Ward." 

308  Five  Autograph  Letters  from  Dick- 
ens to  Thomas  Heaphy,  dated  Sep- 

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tember,  1861,  as  published  in  the  fol- 
lowing number. 

309  A  Wonderful  Ghost  Story,  being  Mr. 
H.'s  own  Narrative  reprinted  from 
''All  the  Year  Round/'  with  Letters 
hitherto  unpublished  of  Charles  Dick- 
ens to  the  Author  respecting  it.  By 
Thomas  Heaphy.    London,  1882. 

310  Further  Testimonials  in  Favour  of 
W.  C.  Bennett  .  .  .  Letters  from 
Distinguished  Men  of  the  Time. 
1838-1868. 

Letter  from  Dickens  on  pp.  6-7,  dated  July 
14,  1847. 

311  Mr.  Thackeray,  Mr.  Yates,  and  the 
Garrick  Club.  The  Correspondence 
and  Facts  stated  by  Edmund  Yates. 
Printed     for     Private     Circulation. 

1859. 

Dickens-Thackeray  correspondence  on  pp. 
13-14.  First  issue,  with  Dickens  misspelled 
"Dickes"  on  p.  14.  This  seems  to  be  Dick- 
ens's own  copy. 

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MANUSCRIPTS  AND  LETTERS 

312  Street  Music  in  the  Metropolis  .  .  . 
By  Michael  T.  Bass,  M.D.  London, 
1864. 

Letter  from  Dickens,  signed  also  by  Tenny- 
son and  twenty-six  others,  pp.  41-42. 

313  Infelicia.  By  Adah  Isaacs  Menken. 
London,  Paris,  New  York,  1868. 

Dedicated  to  Dickens,  with  facsimile  of  his 
letter  accepting  the  dedication. 

314  The  Letters  of  Charles  Dickens. 
Edited  by  his  Sister-in-law  and  his  eld- 
est Daughter  .  .  .  London,  1880-82. 
Two  volumes,  and  supplement. 

315  The  Pen.     A  Journal  of  Literature. 
No.  L    Vol.  L    May  22,  1880. 
Letter  from  Dickens  on  pp.  15-16. 

316  Letters  of  Dickens  to  Wilkie  Collins. 

Edited  by  Laurence  Hutton.     New 

York,  1892. 

Accompanied    by    the    numbers   of    Harper's 
Magazine,  in  which  they  first  appeared. 

317  Charles  Dickens  and  Maria  Beadnell. 
Private    Correspondence,    edited   by 

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THE   WORKS   OF   DICKENS 

G.  P.   Baker.     Boston,  The  Biblio- 
phile Society,  1908. 

318  The  Dickens-Kolle  Letters.  Edited 
by  Harry  B.  Smith.  Boston,  The 
Bibliophile  Society,  19 10. 


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PORTRAITS  OF  DICKENS 

319  Miniature  on  Ivory,  by  Mrs.  Janet 
Barrow  (Charles  Dickens's  aunt). 
The  earliest  known  portrait  of  Dick- 
ens, painted  in  1830. 

320  Original  Pencil  Sketch,  by  H.  K. 
Browne,  1836. 

321  Original  Pencil  Sketch,  by  Daniel 
Maclise,  1840. 

322  Seven  Original  Sketches,  by  Pierre 
Morand,  1842. 

Morand  was  a  fellow  passenger  of  Dickens 
during  his  first  voyage  to  America.  The 
sketches  show  Dickens  in  various  attitudes  on 
the  deck  of  the  Britannia,  and  at  the  Tremont 
House,  Boston;  and  on  the  back  of  each  is 
written  an  account  of  the  circumstances  un- 
der which  it  was  made. 

323  Original  Pencil  Sketch  by  Charles 
Martin,  1843. 

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324  Original  Crayon  Sketch  by  E.  G. 
Lewis,  1869. 

325  Original  Pen  and  Ink  Sketch  by  ''Spy'' 
(Leslie  Ward). 

326  Original  Water-color  Sketch  for 
Sem's  Pantheon  (Dickens  riding  on 
a  bicycle). 

327  Original  Portrait  in  Oils,  painted  by 
John  D.  Barrow  during  Dickens's 
second  visit  to  America,  1867-68. 

328  Original  Portrait  in  Oils,  painted  by 
William  B.  Myers,  1869. 

The  portrait  is  signed  *'W.  B.  M.,  1869,"  and 
is  accompanied  by  an  account  from  the  New 
York  Sun,  April  30,  191 1,  of  the  identifica- 
tion of  the  painter,  the  young  son-in-law  of 
a  Virginia  friend  of  Dickens.  His  widow  is 
living,  and  remembers  that  her  husband  made 
sketches  of  Dickens,  from  the  life,  from  which 
sketches  the  portrait  was  painted.  It  formed 
part  of  the  collection  of  J.  Abner  Harper, 
who  stated  that  he  prized  it  above  any  picture 
in  his  collection. 

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329  Original  Portrait  in  Oils,  signed  *^E. 
P.,  1870'';  found  in  the  collection  of 
J.  L.  Toole,  the  actor. 

330  Three  photographs  of  Dickens,  taken 
in  America. 

331  Collection  of  Engraved  Portraits  of 
Dickens,  after  H.  K.  Browne,  Daniel 
Maclise,  George  Cruikshank,  Count 
D'Orsay,  C.  R.  Leslie,  W.  P.  Frith, 
and  others.  The  portrait  by  Finden 
after  Maclise  is  autographed  by  Dick- 
ens. 

332  Medal,  ^'To  commemorate  the  One 
Hundredth  Anniversary  of  the  Birth 
of  Charles  Dickens.  Issued  by  the 
Dickens  Centenary  Committee  of 
New  York,  February  7,  19 12.'* 


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PERSONAL  RELICS 

333  Books  from  Dickens's  Library,  with 
his  book-plate  and  label. 

a.  Johnson's  Dictionary  of  the  Eng- 
lish Language.    London,  1825. 

b.  Constable's  Miscellany,  Vol. 
XVIL    Edinburgh,  1825. 

c.  Adventures  of  Oliver  Twist.  Lon- 
don, 1846. 

d.  Italian  and  English  Dictionary. 
London,  1846.  With  Dickens's  au- 
tograph notes. 

e.  Scenes  from  Clerical  Life,  by 
George  Eliot.  London,  1859.  Two 
volumes. 

f .  Thackeray  the  Humourist  and  the 
Man  of  Letters  [by  J.  C.  Hotten]. 
London,  1864.    Presentation  copy. 

g.  Life  and  Adventures  of  Nicholas 
Nickleby.    London,  1866. 

334  Love,  Law,  and  Physic.  A  Farce 
...  by  James  Kenney.  London, 
n.d. 

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PERSONAL  RELICS 

Dickens's  prompt  book,  with  his  manuscript 
alterations  for  an  amateur  performance,  in 
which  he  played  the  part  of  Flexible.  Ac- 
companied by  the  programme  of  the  per- 
formance, "in  aid  of  the  fund  for  the 
endowment  of  a  perpetual  curatorship  of 
Shakspeare's  house". 

335  Tales  of  a  Wayside  Inn,  by  Henry 

Wadsworth    Longfellow.      London, 

1864. 

Charles  Kent's  copy,  with  the  following  in- 
scription in  Longfellow's  handwriting:  "In 
memory  of  a  happy  day  passed  with  the 
owner  of  this  book  at  Gad's  Hill  Place,  July 
5,  1868",  signed. 

336  Dickens's  Office  Slate,  the  space  for 
writing  divided  Into  halves,  labeled, 
^^Mr.  C.  D.''  and  ^^Mr.  C.  D.  Junr." 

337  Dickens's  Seal,  with  Initials,  *'C.  D.", 
used  by  him  at  Gad's  Hill  and  In  the 
office  of  All  the  Year  Round. 

338  Dickens's  Paper  Knife,  of  Ivory,  with 
silver  tablet  Inscribed:  **A  memento 
of  my  dear  friend,  Charles  Dickens, 

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constantly  used  by  him.  Given  by 
Georgina  Hogarth  to  Maria  S.  Win- 
ter, June,  1870.'* 

339  A  Chair  from  Dickens's  dining-room 
at  Gad's  Hill  Place. 

340  A  Bench  from  Dickens's  Swiss  Chalet 
at  Gad's  Hill  Place. 

341  Dickens's     Calendar,     which     stood 
upon  his  desk  at  the  time  of  his  death. 


1 


342   ''The  Empty  Chair,  Gad's  Hill,  June 
9,  1870." 

From  The  Graphic,  after  the  painting  by  Sir 
Luke  Fildes. 


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